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Want to impact careers,
while boosting yours?

Who this is for

Build expertise.
Take ownership.

In a team made up mainly of legal minds, you take ownership of legal recruitment and executive search assignments. From first conversation to the right match.

  • Analytical strength - you connect markets, teams, and careers fast.
  • Commercial instinct - you like negotiating and deciding.
  • Resilience - you solve without drama, also under pressure.
  • Ownership - you carry an assignment from A to Z.
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B.B.B. · Company culture

Culture decides.

The right person in the right place creates energy in the team, the organisation, and beyond. Our mission is clear: Boosting Professional Energy. So is our culture.

Brains

Analyse
Structure

Conclude

Balls

Dare
Decide

Own it

Geen
Bleitmuil

No drama
No excuses

Solve it

Career at Steve Skills

We offer 4 tracks.

A-to-Z

Consultant en recrutement juridique

Owns the full assignment from intake to closing. Combines search strategy, guidance, and commercial ownership in one role.

Candidate side

Recruteur juridique

Assesses profiles, leads deep candidate conversations, and guards shortlist quality in close tandem with the Business Developer.

Market analysis

Charge de recherche talents

The analytical engine. Starts from the market itself with Boolean search, mapping, and a reasoned longlist.

Commercial

Legal Business Developer

Works the market side. Spots needs, builds long-term relationships, and opens doors with partners, general counsel, and C-level profiles.

+ Stage - Recrutement juridique & finance (etudiants en master)

The recruitment flow

From first contact to day one.

  1. 1First call25 minutes
  2. 2MeetingAt the office
  3. 3Shadow DayJoin us for a day
  4. 4DecisionFast & transparent
  5. 5OnboardingDay one

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Life at SteveSkills

FAQ

Career in legal recruitment.

Career in Legal Recruitment

How does the intellectual challenge of legal recruitment differ from practising law?

In law, you analyse files and legislation. In legal recruitment, you analyse markets, teams and careers. What is the real need behind the question? You decode legal skillsets, read between the lines of a CV and recognise team dynamics and personalities. You also help decide: you structure expectations, negotiate role, scope and conditions, and make the case for the right match. Your impact is direct and tangible, on careers and organisations.

Why would a strong lawyer move into legal recruitment?

Because you want to broaden your playing field without losing your sharpness. You want autonomy, decisions and a seat at the table. You combine analytical ability with commercial insight and take ownership of an end-to-end process. You see impact faster, and that direct result creates energy.

Do you still use your legal knowledge in recruitment?

Every day. You understand specialisms, hierarchies, partnership structures and in-house dynamics. But you do not go deeper into one niche; you broaden. You learn the whole market and build a high-quality network across the legal sector. Your legal knowledge becomes an instrument for sharper analysis and better advice.

For what type of lawyer is this a smart move?

For someone analytical who connects dots quickly. For someone who likes negotiating and wants responsibility for a full process. For someone resilient, professional under pressure and solution-oriented without drama. In short: an environment for B.B.B. profiles: Brains, Balls and no bleitmuilen.

Why Steve Skills rather than another legal recruitment firm?

Steve Skills is a fast-growing niche player. You join a dynamic environment where your place is earned through trajectory and meritocracy. You learn the craft according to our standards. We are demanding because we want to deliver quality. You work in a close team of strong, upbeat personalities. No grey mice. One mission: Boosting Professional Energy.

Roles & Daily Reality

What you actually do here, and why it matters.

What exactly does a Legal Recruiter do?

You do not analyse CVs, you analyse profiles. You speak with lawyers at level, unpack experience, specialisms, ambitions and doubts, and read between the lines. You work in tandem with the Business Developer and translate a team need into a shortlist that works, both substantively and personally. You influence careers, strengthen teams and help decide how the market moves.

What does a typical working day look like?

Your day starts with thinking, not scrolling. You prepare conversations and test hypotheses: frustration, ambition, timing. You consult with the Business Developer and build a shortlist based on who fits strategically. You guide conversations between candidate and partner and negotiate where needed. In between, you build your network. A mix of analysis, conversation and decision-making, with tangible impact.

What is the difference between a Legal Recruiter and an A-to-Z Consultant?

The difference is scope and final responsibility. The Legal Recruiter focuses on the candidate side and safeguards shortlist quality. The A-to-Z Consultant owns the assignment from start to finish: intake, search strategy, guidance and closing. That role combines substantive sharpness with commercial responsibility.

What does a Legal Business Developer do?

You work on the market side. You speak with partners, managing partners, general counsel and C-level profiles, identify not just a vacancy but a need, and translate it into a sharp mandate. You build long-term relationships and position Steve Skills as a substantive partner, not a supplier. You read the market, open doors and move assignments forward.

What does a Talent Searcher do?

You are the analytical engine. You start from the market itself: who sits where, which specialisms, which movements. You work with Boolean search, mapping and targeted research, and analyse profiles deeply before a single conversation takes place. You build the longlist with reasoned arguments: why this person, why now.

Why do you work with four different roles?

Because quality requires focus. With clear roles, Business Developer, A-to-Z Consultant, Legal Recruiter and Talent Searcher, every link can focus on what they do best. That specialisation raises the standard. On top of that comes teamwork: we challenge each other and make decisions together.

Culture & Standard

Where B.B.B. is not a slogan.

What does B.B.B. mean concretely?

Brains : analyse, structure, conclude. Balls : dare, decide, own it. Geen Bleitmuil : no drama, no excuses, solve it. People who think, decide and solve.

What does "Geen bleitmuil" mean in practice?

Staying professional under pressure and solving problems without drama. No complaining, no excuses: ownership and solutions. Being honest, even when it is difficult.

What is Boosting Professional Energy?

Our mission: the right person in the right place, with tangible energy for team, organisation and individual. Someone who enjoys their role in a team they believe in enters a virtuous circle of energy and passes it on.

How does culture translate into daily decisions?

In how we treat candidates and clients, how we challenge each other and how we decide. Quality over speed, direct feedback over avoidance, ownership over waiting.

Is Steve Skills for everyone?

No. That is a deliberate choice. We look for people who think, dare and solve. No grey mice, no people waiting for instructions. People who take initiative and ownership.

What type of personality fits here?

Analytical, commercially driven and resilient. Someone who gets energy from movement and contact, who is honest, even when it is difficult, and who likes building relationships, expertise and a team.

Growth & Ambition

Ownership grows. Responsibility too.

What does the training path look like?

Structured onboarding with guidance. You learn the craft according to our standards, from profile analysis to negotiation. Responsibility grows with your expertise.

How long does onboarding take?

Onboarding is structured and tailored. You grow as your expertise increases. Guidance continues until you can carry the craft independently. Duration still to be completed.

Can you grow within the team?

You help build the company and grow with the team. Your trajectory is based on meritocracy: those who take initiative, own responsibility and deliver results grow.

How is performance measured?

Based on results, quality and ownership. Transparent and meritocratic: your success is visible.

Can you earn well in legal recruitment?

Legal recruitment combines a fixed salary with variable compensation based on results. Your success helps determine your earnings.

Is there a ceiling on income?

No. Your results and growth determine your earnings. There is no ceiling.

Practical & Work Environment

Transparency about how we work.

Where is Steve Skills located?

Dansaert Center, Aalststraat 7-11, 1000 Brussels, in the lively Dansaert district, one of Brussels' most dynamic neighbourhoods.

Is hybrid working possible?

To be completed: hybrid working policy.

What do working hours look like?

To be completed: working hours policy.

How many vacation days do you get?

To be completed: number of vacation days.

How does the selection process work?

Five steps: first call of 25 minutes, meeting at the office, Shadow Day, decision and onboarding. Fast and transparent.

What happens during the Shadow Day?

When there is mutual interest, you join us for a day. What you see is what you get. You take part in an analytical exercise, a short personality test and an open evaluation moment.