Ep 45: What Executive Recruiters Need from GCs: Joelle Khoury, Consultant at Egon Zehnder

What does a former GC-turned-executive recruiter wish she'd known about creating a personal brand, working with search firms, and negotiating the offer? How do executive recruiters help take careers where they need to go—not just to the next level? And when is the right time to start building a meaningful relationship with executive recruiters?

Joelle Khoury, consultant at Egon Zehnder, built a towering career as an in-house counsel at private equity giants like Saban Capital Group and Fifth Wall and at law firms including Cooley LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. But when the time came to make a change, she pivoted from leading to legal to helping other lawyers find the career paths that best suit their interests.

Listen as Joelle shares insider tips on how to reach out to executive recruiters, navigate the interview and offer processes, the wrong way to approach a negotiation, and when to reassess whether the profession you’ve chosen is still the right one for you.

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Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Building a legal career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Cooley LLP: 3:09
Comparing Saban Capital Group with Fifth Wall: 5:55
Advice to lawyers raising capital for the first time: 8:16
Leaving Fifth Wall and reassessing your career plan: 9:55
Taking time off before joining Egon Zehnder: 11:22
Transitioning from a legal career to executive recruiting at Egon Zehnder: 16:07
Advice to executives looking to executive recruiters for new opportunities: 21:43
Tips for nailing the interview process: 26:10
Tips for negotiating after receiving an offer: 29:40
Lessons you learned as a recruiter that you wish you’d known as a GC: 33:33
What you wish you’d known as a young lawyer: 35:27

Connect with us:
Joelle Khoury - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelle-khoury-21959814
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft

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