Akin Gump Wins 2019 SilkRoad Talent Activation Award
(Washington, D.C.) – Akin Gump is the recipient of this year’s Talent Activation Award from SilkRoad Technology, the world’s leader in strategic onboarding for global workforce readiness and transformation. The firm was selected for its new hire onboarding program. In particular, it was recognized for:
- Its focus on employee experience, allowing new hires to make connections more quickly with their managers and other staff members.
- Its platforms and processes that enable new hires and staff to achieve higher levels of productivity, including allowing new lawyers joining the firm to be billable on their first day.
- Its recruiting and onboarding initiatives, which led, among other things, to reduced time and resources to maintain process, more proactive resolution of issues and greater transparency.
The SilkRoad Talent Activation Awards were created to honor outstanding employer branding and design, innovative candidate-to-new hire experiences and strategic excellence in leveraging the onboarding process to activate talent to drive business outcomes.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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