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My first what I would consider professional sales job was doing staffing for Robert Half Technology.

And I went there specifically to get a job in engineering because I was trying to start my IT career officially.

And the regional manager came in and said, what do you think about selling? And I was like, I've never thought about selling.

Welcome to The Legal Report from Robert Half, where industry-leading experts discuss current hiring and practice management issues impacting the legal profession.

Robert Half is a premier provider of talent solutions for the legal field.

The Legal Report from Robert Half is here on The Legal Talk Network.

Hello, everyone, and welcome.

I'm your host, Jamie Sullivan, Executive Director of the Legal Practice Group for Robert Happ.

Legal departments are being asked to handle more complex work, move faster, and contribute more strategically, often without additional resources.

That is prompting leaders to rethink how their teams are structured, how work is allocated, and where technology and flexible talent can create capacity.

So what does a lean legal department look like? And how can leaders build one without overextending their people? Joining me to explore this topic is Billie Moliere, Managing Director of Legal Business Development at Robert Half.

And this is actually one of our secrets is a software we had done.

So if you look at like Michael Page and Robert Half or Korn Ferry, like Manpower, you could just keep going down the list.

Every single one of these agencies has operations.

And interestingly, most of them have a combination of Latin American and Asian operations and kind of like specialize, specialize what each of them are doing as well.

SpaceX is reportedly eyeing 80,000 cell sites to become a fourth wireless carrier, which knocked the telecom giants down.

and earnings from American Express, and Robert Half looked solid, with all eyes now on the Fed and big tech next week.

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Here's Noon Business Hour in Chicago.

Don't let Halloween festivities at work derail your career or worse, earn you a meeting with H.R. Let's bring on Michelle Reisdorf, Chicago jobs expert with the Robert Half Company in Chicago.

Michelle, thank you for joining us today.

Now, there have been several segments on the noon business hour this week where we've talked about how Halloween is as much of an adult celebration as it is an opportunity for kids to get silly.

Alcohol in the workplace never is a good mix.

And if your teams are going to go out, you know, after a day of dressing up, keep it short, sweet, maybe one round of drinks after work to have a little fun together, but to really more focus on the fun you had during the day versus the trouble that might occur at night.

Michelle Reisdorf, Chicago jobs expert, Robert Half Company in Chicago.

Thank you for joining us today.