Wed, 3 Feb 2016

A search director at US executive recruiter Parker + Lynch has been highlighted by two legal news sites for suggesting new law grads turn to ‘sugar daddies’ to help pay off debt in a rather quirky recruitment pitch. 

The sites, abovethelaw.com and lawdeluxe.com, report the recruiter’s attorney search director Katherine Loanzon recently emailed New York University (NYU) law grads and pointed out other NYU graduates were using ‘sugar daddy’ financiers. 

She reportedly said ‘sugar daddy’ and ‘sugar momma’ matchmaking website seekingarrangement.com had signed up 225 NYU ‘sugar babies’ in 2015, with the university topping its registrant list, before launching into her recruitment pitch:

“Our NYU degrees did not come cheap, so career success, along with something like seekingarrangement.com, will get that debt paid off. I can help with the former. Is there a good time to chat about your career path and how I can help?”

Recruiter contacted both Parker + Lynch and Loanzon, but had not heard back by deadline. 

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