Recruiting & HR for law firms and people-driven businesses

Great people,connected withgreat firms.

We help law firms and growing, people-driven businesses hire the right people and build a workplace they want to stay in. We learn your firm first. Then we find the person, and help them thrive.

Attorney & leadership searchFractional HRLeadership development
Angela Tait reviewing a hiring plan with two law firm clients
A working session with a client team around a conference table
80%higher retention after an onboarding redesign
Start here

Where are you right now?

Pick the one that sounds most like your week. We’ll point you to the right next step.

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Recommended path · Recruiting & search

A search built around how your firm runs.

Start with a discovery call. Angela learns the role, the team and what success looks like, then shows you exactly how she’d run the search.

The stakes

The right hire moves the whole firm forward

A great hire starts with understanding how your firm runs, who your team already is, and what this role has to carry.

When the fit is right, you gain months of momentum and the confidence of everyone watching. And often the biggest opportunity is the organization around the seat: how it’s built, led and supported.

Both sides of the problem

Recruiting and HR in one partner, so the person you hire and the place they join are ready for each other.

Exhibit A · What getting it right protects

$120,000
First-year pay$120,000
A mis-hire costs at least$36,000

That’s before time, client impact, or running the search again. Getting it right the first time protects all of it.

Get the Next Hire Right →

Uses the widely cited U.S. Department of Labor estimate that a bad hire costs at least 30% of first-year earnings.

Know your turnover costOne seat is the start. See the yearly cost across your whole team, with your industry’s typical turnover rate built in.Open the Calculator →
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Every search starts in the room
Angela leading a working session with a client team
Results

Teams that grow, and people who stay

Angela has spent her career on every side of hiring: recruiter, HR executive, and people operations strategist. Here’s what that looks like in practice.

Team growth · 2 years

10→100

Employees hired in two years for a fast-growing real estate company Angela led hiring for.

Retention lift

80%higher

Higher retention after the onboarding program Angela designed for that same team.

In their words
Angela is a patient, yet tenacious recruiter. We work with her on recruiting executive and complex hires and she has been able to achieve success despite the challenging requirements we give her.
Matthew AdlerManaging Principal, Strategy & Policy, Navaera Worldwide
Angela assisted our organization in recruitment and hiring process of a key member of our Executive Leadership Team. I found Angela to be extremely competent, professional, organized, and knowledgeable in the executive recruiting process.
Sean TreacyCEO · Executive leadership search client
Angela helped me assess my talent and HR needs and provided me with valuable insights and resources to help me execute my organizational goals. I highly recommend Angela! Seriously, she’s amazing.
Nicole Kuhn, CPACOO/Integrator, Sunrise Communities
Angela worked hard to both understand and deliver upon the expectations we had as the client. She is knowledgeable, personable, great to work with and has very strong presentation skills.
John “Johnny” Horn, SHRM-SCP, MPAVP, People & Culture · Talent acquisition client, LA Family Housing
As the CPO and co-owner of a company with 300+ employees, I highly recommend Tait Consulting to any organization looking to enhance their human resources function.
Brigitte Bartley SawyerCPO and co-owner
Angela and her team approach the interview process with thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and honesty, making candidates feel genuinely cared for. I highly recommend Angela and her team to organizations seeking to fill a role.
Shannon DiemFounder, Intelligent Voice AI
I sincerely appreciate her genuine interest in the success of others and ability to create a sense of partnership. Her coaching style is approachable and effective.
Sarah Conner-BrownOrganizational Development Leader
She listens, asks the right questions, and helps you see opportunities you might have missed.
Abram LangstonDirector of Business Development, In Time Tec
Two ways we help

Hire someone exceptional, or build a team people want to stay on

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Recruiting & search

The right person for the seat

Associate and lateral attorneys, firm administrators, and operations, marketing and executive leaders. We run every search grounded in how your firm works rather than in a job description.

We focus on professional and leadership roles from $85K and up, often on a retained basis, because those hires deserve real focus.

Best when the seat matters most.

Angela working through a plan with a client
HR & people strategy

A workplace built to last

Performance, culture, retention, org design, and the systems a growing firm needs. We work alongside your leadership as a strategic people partner, including coaching for the managers who carry your culture.

Best when you’re ready to build for the long term.

Many clients begin with a search and stay for the partnership.

The method

The TAIT Framework

Four dimensions that take an organization from a single hire to a thriving, well-led team.

T

Talent

Find the right people, matched to the organization rather than to the opening.

A

Alignment

Align people, purpose, leadership, and culture so they do their best work.

I

Innovation

Bring modern thinking and technology to how you hire and how you operate.

T

Teams

Develop strong leaders and high-performing teams, with the structure to scale.

Law firms

We know how a firm runs

Associate and lateral attorneys. Firm administrators. Marketing, operations and executive leaders. We understand billable capacity, partner time, and practice-area fit.

Associate attorneysLateral attorneysLateral partnersFirm administratorsDirectors of operationsMarketing leadersExecutive hires

Hiring for your firm

Attorney and leadership recruiting built around how your firm works. Then HR support so the people you hire stay and grow.

See how we work with law firms →
Who else we help

Your people are your product? You’re in the right place.

Trust, relationships, reputation, and a small team carrying a lot. What makes a law firm work is true of many businesses.

  • Accounting & wealth firms
  • Medical & dental practices
  • Nonprofits
  • Founder-led companies
  • Professional services
How we work

A clear process, and a real person at every step

  1. 1

    We start with a conversation

    We listen closely, learn what success looks like for you, and map the best path forward together.

  2. 2

    We get to know your firm

    Your goals, people and culture shape a hiring blueprint and scorecard built for this role.

  3. 3

    We find exceptional talent

    A job description people are excited to read and thoughtful outreach to the professionals you want.

  4. 4

    We present best-fit finalists

    Every finalist is pre-screened, interviewed, and aligned with your team and your standards.

  5. 5

    We celebrate the start and stay close

    Offer support, smooth onboarding, and check-ins that set your new hire up to thrive.

We care about candidates, too.

The right hire is a great move for them as well as for you.

We put your success first.

Every recommendation is made with your firm’s long-term growth in mind.

We build places people love to work.

Recruiting and HR together, so great hires stay and grow.

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Angela Tait with her two sons
Meet Angela

Angela Tait

Angela built Tait Consulting on a conviction that hiring and organizational health are the same conversation, and that both come down to people being understood.

She brings the rigor of an HR executive and organization-development scholar, and the intuition of someone who reads people quickly and well. As a mother and a businesswoman, she knows what it takes to build something that works, and to care about the people inside it.

Clients describe working with her as clarifying. She sees the possibility in a team, asks the questions that open it up, and tells you the truth kindly.

  • Author, The Human Capital Playbook
  • MSOD, Pepperdine University
  • SHRM-CP
  • Host, Legal Grounds

Tait Consulting is growing. If you believe hiring is about people first, we’d love to meet you at recruiting@taitconsultingllc.com.

The book

The Human Capital Playbook

Angela’s book on hiring, onboarding, and keeping the people a growing organization depends on.

The Human Capital Playbook by Angela Tait on a desk
Questions

Before you call.

Clear answers to what firms ask first.

Do you only work with law firms?

Law firms are our anchor and our specialty. We also work with accounting and wealth firms, medical and dental practices, nonprofits, founder-led companies and professional services firms. If your people are your product, we speak your language.

What roles do you recruit for?

Professional and leadership roles from $85K and up: associate and lateral attorneys (experienced attorneys moving from another firm), lateral partners, firm administrators, operations and marketing leaders, and executive hires. Searches are often on a retained basis.

What happens after someone is hired?

We stay close. Offer support, onboarding and check-ins are part of how we work, because success means a hire who stays and grows.

We don’t need to hire right now. Can you still help?

Yes. Our HR and people strategy work covers performance, culture, retention, org design and leadership coaching, often as a fractional HR partner.

Let’s talk

Let’s talk about who, or what, you’re building next

Whether you need to hire someone exceptional or want to strengthen the team you have, the first conversation is the same. We listen, and we give you a clear plan.

Pick a time on the calendar. It takes under a minute.

  1. 1Pick a time that works
  2. 2A short call with Angela
  3. 3A clear answer and a plan

Looking for your next role? Visit our candidate page.