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The Candidate Perspective

“I have worked with Keira both as a candidate and as a client and find her outstanding in both roles. Keira combines an extraordinary talent to discern the individual candidate’s strengths and abilities with impressive connections in the New York legal employment market. For a candidate, she creates exciting opportunities and pursues them with poise; to a client, she will only present carefully vetted, first-rate candidates. If you are looking to make a move or if you need to identify the best candidate for a vacancy, Keira is the woman to go to.”
Manuel S. Frey
Partner, Paul Weiss

“Keira placed me in my current position. Having come into contact with numerous recruiters over the years, I would recommend Keira without hesitation. She knows the market; has great industry relationships; provides thoughtful, reliable guidance; is discrete and trustworthy; and never loses sight of the fact that she is dealing with human beings not commodities. And, she is a lot of fun. It's my pleasure to recommend Keira.”
Scott Budlong
Partner, Richards, Kibbe & Orbe

“Keira has excelled in everything she has done for me and my organizations. Her responsiveness and diligence are first rate, but what really distinguishes her from others in the industry is her creative and flexible approach to complex staffing challenges. Keira is always sure to consider the personal and cultural aspects of her candidates, in addition to their professional and educational qualifications. Ultimately, she consistently presents people who are both interesting and appropriate for the roles in question.”
Chief Corporate Counsel, major insurance company

“I highly recommend Keira; she was instrumental in my being offered my current position at the NBA. She’s different from other recruiters in that she has a counseling orientation and looks to make long lasting matches that fit the needs of both the client and the candidate. She offers thoughtful advice and strong support throughout the process. Her good reputation in the legal recruiting community is well deserved. Having worked with Keira as a candidate, I would not hesitate to hire her as the client if an opportunity to do so presented itself.”
Shirin Malkani
Vice president, Legal & Business affairs, National Basketball ASsociation

“Keira has been entrenched in the New York legal community for many years and is tremendously personable and trustworthy. I’ve found that she is one of the better-connected recruiters; she seems to have contacts everywhere, all of whom regard her in high esteem. The result is a keen ability to create very good matches on a professional and personal level for all parties involved.”
Claude Vuillieme
General Counsel, Evolvence Capital, LTD. (A private equity/hedge fund in Dubai)

“I hired Keira as a career counselor and coach toward the end of a prestigious legal fellowship at a major media company. Keira gave me excellent support in my pursuit of an associate attorney position, at a time when the legal market was practically non-existent. The insights she gave me about firms, about interviewing, and about my background played a critical role in helping me land my current legal position. I will surely look to Keira again for expert advice and executive coaching in the future if I need it, and I recommend her to others wholeheartedly.”
Itai Maytal
former Associate Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at The New York Times

“Keira placed me in my first in-house legal position in entertainment and media. I’ve stayed in touch with her ever since (both as a potential client and candidate), because I value her knowledge of the field and I trust her advice.”
Jerry Blake
former General Counsel, the Sundance Channel

“I’ve known Keira for many years and recommend her highly to any lawyer wanting to make a career change. Over the past 8 years I’ve seen Keira place many of my colleagues in several areas of law in New York, London and Paris. I’ve been impressed by how she draws on her counseling skills to inform her interaction with clients. She is able to listen to a candidate who might not know exactly what the next career step should be, and to guide that person to discover concrete data they might not have realized about their own skills, intentions and needs. She then uses that data to find a relevant position at an appropriate place. Keira has tremendous integrity, which combined with her unique approach to specialized client attention, means that she won’t fill a post just to please an employer; rather she’ll do the work necessary to find the right match between candidate and employer. In successfully bridging the gap between recruiter and career counselor, I’ve seen how creative she can be in finding the right position for a candidate, be it in a large firm or boutique, an investment banking house or professional sports company. Given that Keira has been entrenched in the New York legal community for many years and is tremendously personable and trustworthy, I’ve found that she is one of the better-connected recruiters I’ve met; she seems to have contacts everywhere, all of whom regard her in high esteem. The result is a keen ability to create very good matches on a professional and personal level for all parties involved.”
Kierith JOnes
Business and Policy advisor for Habitat

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