Along with many firms over the past few years, at least two top-tier law firms have carried out major overhauls to their recruitment software in the past 18 months.

Minter Ellison’s head of recruitment, Julie Galligan, said that firm moved to a new system in part to reduce its reliance on recruitment agencies, and foster more direct contact with potential recruits.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques says its in-house-built system has halved the time it takes to recruit people to the firm by automating many processes.

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