What are these time tracking insights? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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According to American Bar Association research<\/a>, over 50% of small law firms<\/strong> face challenges like: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Employing more staff can help mitigate these issues, but only if you hire the right people<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sure, you can easily tell if a candidate fits your firm \u2014 but how do you know which roles to fill? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you need more paralegals to do research and administrative work or an associate to help with cases? And which areas should they specialize in? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n To make smarter hiring choices, you need to know how your team spends time<\/strong> \u2014 every minute spent on each client, case, and task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Such data helps you recognize problem areas and focus your recruitment <\/strong>on specific candidates who can fill the gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With an attorney time tracking tool<\/a>, your staff can automatically log the time spent on different tasks \u2014 providing vital information without complicating anyone’s work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some time trackers even use this data to automatically generate time reports<\/strong>, showing valuable insights into your team. <\/p>\n\n\n For instance, the Summary report<\/strong> in Clockify by CAKE.com<\/a> shows crucial information for any chosen period, including:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n With Summary reports, you’ll easily spot overworked attorneys with too much on their plates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, you’ll know when to hire an associate<\/strong> to ease their workload, especially if the attorney handles cases for highly profitable clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Track work time with Clockify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Before employing more people, you need a clear overview of your firm’s finances<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Detailed time reports provide a bird\u2019s-eye view of everyone’s billable and non-billable hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With the right time tracking tool, you can see billables <\/strong>on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on real-time data on billable hours and profitability, you can determine: <\/p>\n\n\n\n For the best results, you can easily use Clockify as a billable hours calculator<\/a> \u2014 you only need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on your staff’s billable hours and labor costs, Clockify by CAKE.com also automatically calculates the profitability of each task.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Summary report, you can apply various filters to see the profitability of every employee, department, and client <\/strong>\u2014 or the general profitability of the whole firm. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Depending on the filters you apply, the report will display different profitability rates as a bar graph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides making your recruitment more cost-effective, Clockify reports also help you determine hourly rates<\/a> for new clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can quickly check if your previous work for similar clients was profitable and raise your rates or refuse the new client if necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Time tracking software used by millions. Clockify is a time tracker and timesheet app that lets you track work hours across projects.<\/p>\n\n Hiring the right candidates is only half the work. In the long run, retaining top-tier talent<\/strong> is just as important \u2014 while high turnover is time-consuming and expensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sure, a positive firm culture and learning opportunities can help you keep your best people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, proper<\/strong> compensation <\/strong>is still the #1 issue for attorney retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides a decent base salary, most firms give top attorneys a yearly bonus based on their performance and the firm’s profitability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In-depth time reports can help you recognize your top performers and create clear incentives<\/strong> for everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn who had the most billable hours<\/strong> in the past year or any other time frame, simply check the Summary report again. Clockify by CAKE.com automatically updates its reports in real time, so the information will always be up-to-date.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to reward the most efficient employees who focus on non-billable work as well, you can check the Assignments report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This report shows employee efficiency based on how much time they spend on tasks, regardless of whether the work is billable. <\/p>\n\n\n The Assignments report automatically generates a status bar<\/strong> for each scheduled task, showing the assigned employee’s performance. The bar is labeled green<\/em> if the employee completes the task quicker than anticipated and red<\/em> if they take longer to complete something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can easily see who was the most efficient,<\/strong> even at non-billable work, which can still be crucial for the firm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Clockify also makes it easy to export and share all reports with your staff in different formats, including PDF, CSV, and Excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a result, it\u2019s easy to maintain transparency and motivate everyone to do better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, share the Weekly report<\/strong> each Monday and let everyone see who was the top performer in the past seven days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Track work hours with Clockify <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Time tracking can improve your hiring process by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clockify can help with all of this, even if you’re not tech-savvy. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You and your staff can easily use its various time tracking features without any previous experience<\/strong> with similar tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The platform takes mere minutes to set up<\/strong> and won’t disrupt your staff’s established workflow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you need any further assistance, you’ll find in-depth instructions in the form of video tutorials<\/a> and illustrated Help pages<\/a> \u2014 and you can also contact customer support via phone, email, and live chat<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Clockify’s detailed reports give you invaluable hiring insights<\/strong> immediately, presenting all the information you need to recruit and retain the right people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Start hiring top talent right away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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#2: You’ll be able to determine what salaries you can offer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hire top talent now \u2014 with Clockify by CAKE.com<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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