These days it is a common occurrence for Texas residents to visit their local news website and read a headline touting population growth in their city. Regardless of what corner of the state you reside in, chances are a family from California or the Northeast is moving into your building or down the street. A recent headline that caught my attention: Austin is the 11th largest U.S. city, according to latest Census Bureau estimate. Another reads that almost 70 individuals are moving to Austin every day. Between 2011 and 2012 five of the ten fastest-growing cities in the U.S. were located in Texas. Even our friends across the pond are taking notice.

Such growth in Texas is now being trumpeted, studied, marketed and celebrated. Just a few weeks ago President Obama and Air Force One touched down in Austin as part of the White House’s “Middle-Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour”. The president visited with high school students, entrepreneurs and businesses in Silicon Hills’ ever-growing technology sector searching for the elements to replicate such success in other states. In early May, Texas Governor, Rick Perry, made a recruitment trip to Illinois to offer Prairie State businesses an “emergency exit” from the Midwest to the safe and warm business climate of Texas. The economic engine in Houston has been in the headlines ever since the price of oil recovered in 2010. DFW recorded the largest population increase for any metropolitan area between July 2011 and July 2012. San Antonio and El Paso are credited with a quality of life, growing list of Fortune 500 headquartered companies and a cross-border proximity that makes Mexico a closer neighbor and trading partner than Oklahoma. Midland has risen from the oil patch ashes once again and is in the throes of an historic boom. As a byproduct of all this growth, real estate prices in these major cities are sharply increasing. Unemployment in Texas remains at 6.4 percent, a full point below the national average (whilst Midland continues to maintain the lowest unemployment rate in the state at comparatively infinitesimal 3 percent) (more…)

Kinney Recruiting has recently expanded its team to include support for the placement of professional legal staff in markets around the country.  Shelley Logan joined the Kinney team in Dallas to spearhead the expansion of our recruiting and staffing services to include paralegals, legal secretaries, office administrators and other legal professionals.

In the past, clients have requested our help in filling these positions, and we were able to accommodate such needs on a one-off basis.  However, the continuously growing legal job market both in Texas and throughout the United States has resulted in the need for a dedicated professional staffing division within Kinney Recruiting.

We have been very fortunate to recruit Shelley away from Southwest Airlines, where she served in a wide array of positions for 12 years.  Since joining as the head of our professional staff division, Shelley has been inundated with jobs from around the state and has been very busy sourcing high quality candidates for our clients.  We are now in a position to assist with virtually any job opening within a corporate legal group or law firm, and our clients are happy to have one source for all their staffing needs.  The new division will provide the same high level of service and market knowledge that Kinney Recruiting is known for in its attorney recruitment practice.

If you are a candidate or client, we would be happy to discuss our professional legal staff recruiting services at any time.  Please email Shelley to set up a call and learn more about what we can do for you!