How to hire a labour and employment certified paralegal

How to hire a labour and employment certified paralegal, step by step

Here's a step-by-step labour and employment certified paralegal hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a labour and employment certified paralegal job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new labour and employment certified paralegal
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The labour and employment certified paralegal hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   Hiring the perfect labour and employment certified paralegal also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of labour and employment certified paralegals.

   Type of Labour And Employment Certified Paralegal	Description	Hourly rate
   Labour And Employment Certified Paralegal	Paralegals and legal assistants do a variety of tasks to support lawyers, including maintaining and organizing files, conducting legal research, and drafting documents.	$19-51
   Legal Clerk	A legal clerk is responsible for performing administrative and clerical duties to legal offices and organizations to ensure smooth legal business operations. Legal clerks sort and distribute documents to the appropriate personnel, update information on the database, schedule appointments, respond to clients' inquiries and concerns, and document meeting objectives... Show more	$11-23
   Paralegal Internship	A paralegal intern is responsible for assisting the paralegal department of an organization, familiarizing with law standards and legal procedures, and applying law school knowledge on practical applications. Paralegal interns perform various administrative and clerical tasks under the supervision of tenured paralegal staff... Show more	$15-40

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Litigation
   • Subpoenas
   • Legal Research
   • Confidentiality Agreements
   • Employment Agreements
   • Settlement Agreements
   • Arbitration
   • Position Statements
   • Mediation
   • Demand Letters
   • Discovery Responses
   • Lexis
   • HR
   • Class Action

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   Responsibilities:

   • Organize and manage age and sex discrimination litigation files and databases.
   • Assist patent attorneys by managing invention disclosure documentation and relate correspondence with outside counsel and USPTO.
   • Assist and attend trial and arbitration proceedings.
   • Prepare documents, subpoenas, exhibits and other demonstrative evidence for trial.
   • Investigate case law for open and potential lawsuits using Westlaw and Lexis Nexis.
   • Draft answers, requests for documents, interrogatories and respond to discovery requests.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your labour and employment certified paralegal job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A labour and employment certified paralegal salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, labour and employment certified paralegals' average salary in florida is 47% less than in new york.
   • Seniority. Entry-level labour and employment certified paralegals earn 63% less than senior-level labour and employment certified paralegals.
   • Certifications. A labour and employment certified paralegal with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a labour and employment certified paralegal's salary.

   Average labour and employment certified paralegal salary

   $65,980yearly

   $31.72 hourly rate

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   Entry-level labour and employment certified paralegal salary

   $40,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 18, 2025

4. Writing a labour and employment certified paralegal job description

   A labour and employment certified paralegal job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a labour and employment certified paralegal job description:

   Labour and employment certified paralegal job description example

   Job DescriptionJob Description

   Trans-Tel is a leading provider of advanced technology solutions across the federal, state, municipal, commercial, and petrochemical refinery markets. Our customer focused approach and 40+ years of core IT infrastructure and telecommunications expertise enables us to design, engineer, install, manage, and sustain integrated solutions that respond directly to the needs of our customers. Our longstanding commitment to quality is proven across decades of on-time and on-budget past performance.

   We are currently seeking a Laborer for our Norman, Oklahoma location. This position will be responsible for aiding and assisting lineman for aerial construction.

   Essential job duties include:

   • Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes. Tend pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment, or to heat and move materials such as asphalt.
   • Operates mini excavator, pot holing machine, and other equipment.
   • Lubricate, clean, and repair machinery, equipment, and tools.
   • Pull in conduit Fiber optic cable and copper cable.
   • Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
   • Control traffic passing near, in, and around work zones.
   • Operate commercial motor vehicle hauling equipment.
   • Enforces company and customer safety rules, guidelines, policies and procedures.
   • Supports, complies with, and participates in HSE Program.
   • Performs other duties as needed.

   Requirements:

   • High School diploma or GED.
   • Valid CDL class A driver's license.
   • Knowledge of DOT regulations.
   • 1 year of laborer construction experience.

   Why Trans-Tel?

   Trans-Tel is looking for dynamic people to join our team who can carry out the work The Trans-Tel Way. We offer competitive compensation for professional, skilled and hourly employees. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, supplemental life and AD&D insurance.

   Job Type: Full-time

   
   
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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find labour and employment certified paralegals for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your labour and employment certified paralegal job on Zippia to find and recruit labour and employment certified paralegal candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with labour and employment certified paralegal candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new labour and employment certified paralegal

   Once you've found the labour and employment certified paralegal candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new labour and employment certified paralegal. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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