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HR Director Survey
October 10, 2005 Legal Week, a leading UK law firm management periodical, interviewed 55 senior law firm human resources professionals at large law firms with offices in London. They were asked to identify the key strategic issues facing their firm. The main challenges all center on the development and retention of their people, including:
• planning and managing their careers more closely,
• investing more time in them as individuals,
• managing their performance more proactively,
• helping people grow within the business and
• ensuring the right quality and fit when recruiting new staff.
While this is all motherhood and apple pie (or whatever the British equivalent is) there is a bit of hypocrisy involved. While 86% of respondents cite retention as the most significant issue facing the legal, just 40% of them believe it is a major issue for their firm. | 
