BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICE HELPS LAY DOWN THE LAW

Jason Elias, ELIAS Recruitment

Lawyer Jason Elias established ELIAS Recruitment in 2000 in response to a lack of personalised attention available from existing recruiters.

The business focuses solely on legal recruitment, and caters for all positions in the legal industry including lawyers, HR, marketing, paralegals and support services.

Jason's decision to start his own business was prompted by a desire to work more with people than documents:

'I loved the legal field but not actually being a lawyer. Recruitment allows me to utilise my understanding of how law works and my networks to assist clients to find suitable people and lawyers to find suitable jobs.'

Jason first found out about the Business Advisory Service when he saw an ad in the local paper for the small business course.

'I felt weak on the financial and admin sides of running a business so wanted to pick up on these areas. I liked the idea of learning in a class situation and mixing with others confronting similar issues.'

After completing the course Jason regularly sought advice from adviser David Baumgarten to benchmark the progress of his business and explore new ideas. 

'David constantly assists me on good management ideas. He sees issues with experienced yet fresh eyes and can play devil's advocate very effectively.'

This was particularly the case when Jason was looking at expanding his service offering by developing an online jobs board. 'David provided good feedback and offered invaluable tips on how to realise the idea'.

Jason envisages the advisory service to be an ongoing resource for his business.

'It can be quite isolated running a small business but ESBEC provides a constant referral point where I can get objective, agenda free and relevant advice. It's good to sound things out with someone who has seen what succeeds and what does not.'

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