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What Legal Talent Really Wants: Insights from Our Legal Salary Survey

We’ve just released the most comprehensive legal salary survey in our history. Built from hundreds of conversations with legal professionals and informed by responses from individuals and firms across the UK, it provides a clear, data-led view of what matters most to legal talent in 2025.

This year’s research goes well beyond salaries. It covers shifting attitudes around flexibility, progression, workplace culture, benefits, and mobility – helping employers and jobseekers alike understand what’s really driving decision-making in today’s legal market.

If you’re hiring or considering your next move, here’s what you need to know.

Flexibility Is Still King, But Availability Is Declining

According to our survey, 30.1% of legal professionals named homeworking as their most valued benefit – more than any other. Hybrid working followed at 10.6%, with performance-related bonuses a distant third at 6.8%. The message is clear: flexibility now outweighs traditional perks.

However, access to flexible working is falling. In 2024, 59% of professionals said they had homeworking options; this year, that number dropped to 34.6%. Hybrid working access fell from 45% to 29.1%. For firms keen to attract and retain talent, this should be a red flag. Many professionals – particularly Gen Z and mid-career candidates – view flexibility as a non-negotiable. While a post-pandemic recalibration of working patterns is well underway, the data raises an important question: is a balanced, flexible model still achievable, or are too many firms in danger of overcorrecting?

Why Legal Professionals Are Moving Roles

Career progression is now the leading motivator for job changes, cited by 39.6% of respondents, up from 32% last year. Professionals want clarity, development opportunities and room to grow. Work-life balance has also gained ground, nearly doubling year-on-year to 12.6%.

While remuneration is still an important factor, especially with wage inflation at 6%, it is no longer the only reason people are leaving. In fact, only 19.2% said they moved for better pay. This reflects a broader shift: professionals are seeking roles that offer purpose, growth and alignment, not just a higher salary.

A More Measured, Yet Still Mobile Workforce

Just 33.6% of legal professionals said they are likely to move in the next six months, a drop from 44% in 2024 and 53% the year before. However, this does not mean the workforce is settled. Many are staying put likely due to uncertainty, probation risks, or lack of appealing alternatives, not necessarily because they’re ‘satisfied’.

In fact, 1 in 5 respondents said they are undecided. This presents an opportunity for firms with a compelling employer value proposition (EVP) to engage and attract talent who are open to the right move.

The most commonly cited reasons for staying included:

  • Good work-life balance (63.5%)
  • Strong workplace culture (57.1%)
  • Enjoyment of the work itself (55.6%)

Regional Differences in Legal Mobility

Our legal salary survey reveals distinct regional differences. Legal professionals in the Midlands were the most open to change (25% likely or very likely to move), closely followed by the North at 22.9%. In contrast, only 16.8% of London-based respondents said the same.

These variations highlight the importance of tailoring hiring strategies by region. What motivates candidates in Manchester or Birmingham may not apply in London or the South East. If you’re unsure what’s happening in your local market, our consultants can help.

Bonuses and Benefits: The Bigger Picture

Only 44.2% of legal professionals received a bonus in the past year. Of those, 42.6% said it was higher than the year before. Of particular interest was the 12.6% of respondents who weren’t sure how bonuses are calculated. The most common criteria included billing targets, performance and firm profitability, though many still described the process as vague.

There are also noticeable gender and regional disparities. In London, 51.8% received a bonus compared to just 20.8% in the East Midlands. Men were more likely to receive a bonus than women (50.6% vs 42%).

Other widely offered benefits included:

  • Homeworking (34.6%)
  • Company tech (32.1%)
  • Hybrid working (29.1%)
  • Enhanced sick pay and wellbeing cover (both around 21%)

This reflects a shift toward more holistic, flexible benefits that support long-term wellbeing and productivity.

Development: A Critical Retention Lever

While legal professionals want to grow, many feel they aren’t getting the support they need. 42.1% were only somewhat satisfied with their current development opportunities, and 18.7% were dissatisfied.

The most valued elements of progression included:

  • Professional training and CPD (35.9%)
  • Recognition for achievements (32.7%)
  • Access to high-quality work (30.4%)
  • Mentorship (28.2%) and transparent promotion criteria (20.6%)

Development satisfaction was notably higher in London and the South East, while respondents in the North West and North East reported more dissatisfaction. For firms looking to build future leaders, these insights matter. Development is no longer a ‘nice to have’ – it is a core retention strategy.

A Workforce That’s More Intentional Than Ever

The overarching message of this year’s legal salary survey is that professionals are moving less, but thinking more. The decisions being made are deliberate, informed, and focused on long-term alignment, not short-term gains.

Flexibility, culture and development now shape how legal professionals evaluate opportunities. For firms, that means realigning not just pay, but values, policies and workplace practices.

For individuals, the message is equally clear: understanding your worth and your priorities is essential to making the right move.

Download the full Clayton Legal Salary Survey and Market Insights Report

Whether you’re hiring, exploring new opportunities, or simply want expert insight into your local legal market, our consultants are here to help. With deep regional knowledge and real-time access to market trends, we can support you in making informed decisions, whether that’s attracting the right talent or navigating your next career move.

Download the full Clayton Legal Salary Survey and Market Insights Report here for detailed salary data, regional breakdowns, and practice area comparisons.

Or if you’d prefer to talk things through, get in touch with our team today for a confidential conversation tailored to your needs.

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Beyond the Hire: How Onboarding Builds High-Performing Legal Teams

In today’s competitive legal market, hiring great talent is only half the battle. What really sets high-performing firms apart is what happens next, namely through effective onboarding.

A strong onboarding strategy does more than cover compliance. It not only builds confidence and embeds culture, but it also gives new legal professionals the structure and support they need to thrive from day one. When done right, onboarding helps new hires settle in, and more importantly, it sets the stage for long-term growth, development, and retention.

Now more than ever, legal professionals value early feedback, clear expectations, and a sense of progression. As a result, onboarding has become a crucial part of the employee experience – and often a make-or-break moment.

So, what does great onboarding actually look like in practice? And more to the point, how can your firm create a plan that delivers real, lasting impact?

Let’s take a closer look.

Orientation vs. Onboarding: What’s the Difference?

Orientation and onboarding may sound similar, but they serve very different purposes.

Orientation is usually a one-off event that introduces new starters to the basics – company policies, procedures, and the workplace environment. HR and leadership teams typically lead this, giving new employees a quick overview of what they need to know to get started.

Onboarding, by contrast, is a longer-term process that spans the entire journey from day one to full integration. When done right, it boosts engagement, strengthens your employer brand, and helps build a cohesive, productive team.

How to Build an Effective Onboarding Plan

Research shows that a structured onboarding process improves employee satisfaction, retention, and overall team success. In fact, it can increase retention by up to 92% and productivity by more than 70%.

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, but these five steps are a solid foundation.

1. Choose the Right Onboarding Format

First, think about how you’ll deliver onboarding. Traditionally, it’s done in person through face-to-face meetings and training. But with one in four UK workers now following a hybrid pattern, your approach needs to reflect that.

Start by working out which parts of your onboarding can happen remotely and which really need that in-person touch. Don’t be afraid to ask new hires what they prefer – their input can help shape a more flexible and effective process.

2. Assign a Buddy

Onboarding isn’t just about ticking boxes. It’s about helping people feel supported – both professionally and personally.

Pairing each new hire with a buddy gives them someone they can go to with questions, concerns, or just for a casual chat. It might sound simple, but having that go-to person can make a big difference in how quickly someone feels at home.

Many firms encourage informal chats or regular video calls between buddies and new joiners. That said, choose whatever works best for your team to build a strong, supportive relationship from day one.

3. Keep the Communication Flowing

A culture of open, honest communication helps people feel safe, supported, and part of something bigger. Encourage team members to speak up about what they need, whether that’s training, feedback, or clarity on expectations.

Managers should hold regular one-to-ones to track progress and talk through any challenges. These sessions aren’t just about performance – they’re also a chance to explore development goals and offer encouragement.

It’s also important that employees know how success is measured and what great performance looks like.

4. Set Goals – and Keep Evolving Them

According to research by business consultancy, Korn Ferry, one in three employees leaves their job within the first six months. Another study found that 86% would switch roles even if it meant risking their CV. That tells us just how important early engagement really is.

Setting meaningful goals early on gives employees a sense of direction and purpose. Use one-to-ones to talk about strengths, development areas, and long-term career ambitions.

As your people grow, their goals should grow with them. Keep revisiting and adjusting those targets to reflect their progress – and make sure they know you’re invested in their future.

5. Prioritise Development from Day One

If you want to retain top legal talent, development needs to start early. Use onboarding to highlight opportunities for learning and growth, and explain what progression could look like over time.

Make it clear that you’re not just filling a role – you’re supporting a career. Regular check-ins help reinforce that message and keep development front of mind.

Final Thoughts

Hiring someone new is a big investment – of time, money, and team energy. So it’s worth making sure your onboarding process sets them up for long-term success, not just a smooth first week.

Finding the right fit is the first step. A specialist legal recruiter can help you identify candidates who align with your firm’s values and culture. They’ll also take the time to understand your goals – and those of the people they represent.

Many recruitment partners also offer added services like retained search, video profiling, or psychometric testing, helping you get a clearer picture of your next hire before they even walk through the door. It’s a great way to lay the groundwork for a successful onboarding experience.

About Clayton Legal

Clayton Legal has partnered with law firms nationwide since 1999. Over that time, we’ve built a trusted reputation for service and reliability. We’ve made over 5,000 placements—from partners to legal executives, solicitors to paralegals, and legal IT staff to practice managers.

If you’re building your legal team or looking for your next role, we can help. Call us on 01772 259 121 or email us here.

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Hiring Fast Versus Slow: The Facts Law Firms Need to Know

  • March 4, 2023

The average time it takes to hire a legal candidate is increasing.

According to a recent post from LinkedIn, it can take more than forty days for a hiring manager to find and make an offer to the right employee. While part of this problem may be attributed to skill shortages in the legal sector, there’s a larger underlying issue.

Law firms are taking too long to make decisions.

While it’s important to be cautious when choosing the right employee to bring onto your team, a slow hiring process can have a number of negative repercussions. As competition for legal talent in the legal industry grows, taking too long to select a candidate could/will mean you miss out.

At the same time, there’s a risk you could end up impacting your employer brand, prompting future candidates to avoid applying for your roles.

Remember candidates talk to each other and especially online.

So let’s talk about why hiring faster is a good idea.

Hiring Fast vs Hiring Slow: Why Speed Wins

The best legal candidates are always highly coveted and receive multiple offers from a variety of different employers. If you’re not fast to act, the chances of losing your ideal employee are higher than ever.

As a legal recruiter, we can only do so much to persuade candidates to wait.

Recruiting faster doesn’t mean abandoning your standards when choosing the correct candidate. Instead, it means reworking your process so you can make intelligent decisions quickly.

Here are some of the reasons why law firms need to increase the speed of their hiring strategy if they want to remain competitive.

1. Increases Your Chances of Securing the Right Legal Talent

The hiring marketplace has changed drastically in the last three years. Today’s legal employees don’t have time to wait around for an employer to offer them a role. More importantly, they usually don’t have to. Even if you don’t offer a role to a candidate straight away, there’s a good chance another firm will.

Making slow decisions about who to bring onto your team doesn’t necessarily improve your chances of getting a high-quality candidate. While you’re busy consulting with your recruitment team about whom to hire, your ideal candidate is already looking for alternative roles.

The longer you take to decide, the more chance you have of someone else swooping in and recruiting your top choice. This could mean you need to settle for a less-than-ideal alternative, just so you can fill the gap in your legal team.

2. Better Existing Employee Experiences

A slow hiring process isn’t just a problem for future employees, it can cause issues with your current workforce too. When positions go unfilled for too long in a firm, many leaders need to distribute the tasks associated with those roles to other team members, to fill the gaps.

This means staff ends up focusing more of their time on projects and initiatives not included within their general job description. This can increase your risk of burnout and overwhelm, and even encourage employees to start searching for new roles too.

Placing more strain on your existing team also means they’re more likely to be prone to making mistakes in their day-to-day work. Overwhelmed staff need to rush through tasks, rather than giving each job their direct focus.

3. Enhanced Candidate Experiences

Legal professionals are no longer just searching for great salary options and benefits when it comes to their job search. Amongst other things (and there is quite a list these days) they’re also looking for evidence their employer will treat them with empathy and respect. This means the candidate experience has become more important than ever to firms in search of new legal talent. Fail to deliver a good experience, and you’ll miss out on future opportunities.

A speedy hiring process delivers a better all-around experience for your candidates, showing them, you respect their needs.

The faster you provide your candidates with an offer, the more likely they are to feel committed to your brand and their role within your firm. The longer your hiring process takes, the more your new team members are likely to lose their enthusiasm about their new role.

Ethical recruitment (something we’ve looked at recently) means in simple terms, doing the right thing – always. This should be the very foundation and principles on which your hiring activity is built.

4. Improved Employer Brand and EVP

Ensuring you can attract and retain the best quality legal talent in the current market requires significant effort. You need to ensure you’re promoting an employer brand that convinces legal candidates you have the right opportunities to offer.

Your employer brand is influenced by everything you do when interacting with both your existing employees and future staff. This means if your candidate experience is poor, due to a long recruitment time and lack of communication, you could risk scaring off new employees. In fact, around 43% of job-seekers say they might even write a negative review about an employer when the hiring process takes too long.

Committing to quickly providing your candidates with insights into the success of their interview, and making decisions fast about who to hire will ensure you stand out in the legal sector.

Speed Up Your Hiring Process

The best candidates in the current legal landscape won’t wait around for a long hiring process. And it goes without saying that the more in demand they are, the more options will be open to them when it comes to choosing where to make that next move.

If you can’t act quickly to secure the best for your firm, simply put – you’ll miss out.

Recruiting faster doesn’t have to mean lowering your standards, but it could mean looking for ways to optimise your hiring process.

And, whilst time may be of the essence, it’s equally as important not to make any rash decisions or rush into a decision that could ultimately come back to bite you. After all, there is a significant commercial cost of a bad hire too.

Working with a legal recruitment agency can help to focus your activity – helping to source, and shortlist candidates faster, so you can get the right talent quickly  – whilst also ensuring that no balls get dropped along the way in ensuring that the candidates that are presented to you are still the right ‘fit’ for your firm.

About Clayton Legal

Clayton Legal has been partnering with law firms across the country since 1999 and during that time has built up an enviablese reputation for trust and reliability. We have made over 5,000 placements from partners to legal executives, solicitors to paralegals, and legal IT personnel to practice managers.

If you are building your legal team or looking for your next career move, we can help.

Call us on 01772 259 121 or get in touch with us here

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The 3 Most Crucial Skills To Teach Your New Legal Hires

  • November 14, 2022

Taking the right approach to training your legal hires is one of the most important things any employer can do. The right education and guidance sets your employees up for success in any role and ensures they can thrive in your law firm.

What’s more, today’s legal employees crave training more than ever before.

A 2021 global workforce report from Randstad revealed that the vast majority of employees worldwide (especially those in the younger age brackets) believe they need to upskill to keep up with the labour market changes since the beginning of the Pandemic. Some other studies show that around 40% of staff members worry their skills will become outdated in today’s quickly-evolving landscape.

However, according to the same studies, 49% of employees want to enhance their skills but are unsure where to begin, and this correlates with the findings from the aforementioned report, which saw the majority of survey respondents say that they are unsure of which skills to acquire due to the rapid changes occurring in the global workforce.

For those in leadership positions at your law firm, the focus areas for training an initial new legal hire should revolve around developing critical soft skills. Most of your new team members already have the technical talents required for their roles. However, you can always look into upskilling and expanding this knowledge later.

Your legal team members need help with the critical skills that will define their future with your law firm. Here are the three areas you need to focus on.

Skill 1: Goal Setting

Goals are critical in any legal role. According to research from Harvard Business School, people who successfully visualise and write down their professional goals are often 20% more successful. Goals act as a compass in any career, giving direction and guidance to your team members.

Start by providing your legal employees with a clear insight into your firm’s core values and expectations for their work. This will help them monitor and measure their performance to ensure they’re delivering the right results. Next, arrange for a meeting during the onboarding process, where you can set different types of goals with your new team member, such as:

  • Short-term goals: Define what your new employee should be working towards during the first few months of their position in your firm. As a manager, outline what you’d like to see from them, and ask what they would like to accomplish during this time.
  • Long-term goals: Ask about where your employee sees themselves in the future. Do they want to work towards a promotion or a higher-paying role? Together, you can outline a plan for how they can make their targets a reality.
  • Development goals: Where would your employees like to improve their skills or become more proficient during their time with your firm? What training opportunities would they want access to, and where do they feel they need the most help?

It’s also worth providing your employees with key tips on improving their chances of successfully reaching their goals. Discuss the difference between setting realistic and unrealistic targets, and look at how you can help your employee to become more focused.

One option could be to set your new legal team member up with a mentor, so they can constantly get feedback on their progress. It’s also worth having regular meetings with each employee throughout the year to see whether they’re accomplishing their goals and what you can do to assist them.

Skill 2: Relationship Building

Relationships form the foundation of any strong firm culture. Research shows positive relations between employees and their managers and colleagues lead to better job satisfaction, increased retention, and boosted productivity. However, many legal employees struggle with creating the right connections throughout the firm.

During the initial onboarding process, when you’re bringing your new team member into your law firm, introduce them to the people they will be working with. Some bonding activities can be extremely useful during this stage to help with breaking the ice.

Next, provide tips on strengthening your team members’ relationships with colleagues and managers. For instance, you can encourage them to:

Be proactive in offering help: Employees who constantly look for ways to support and assist their other legal team members are more likely to be appreciated by the rest of the team. Encourage your staff to be proactive team players.

Take part in meetings: While not all of your business meetings may be mandatory, many provide networking and communication opportunities. Asking staff members to participate in regular video and in-person meetings will help to strengthen bonds.

Develop emotional intelligence: Training your employees on how to demonstrate good emotional intelligence is fantastic for enhancing their relationship-building abilities. They should be aware of how to recognise and understand the emotions of others.

Communicate constantly: Make sure your legal team has a strong culture of constant communication and collaboration. Everyone should feel included in conversations, and every team member should feel as though they have a voice.

Network whenever possible: Allow team members to attend events and networking opportunities. This is a good way to help them expand their relationships in the legal industry and feel more confident communicating with others.

It’s also helpful to have diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, which highlight how each team member should show respect for their fellow workers. If any of your employees seem to be isolating themselves from the group or show a negative attitude towards others, jump in and see what you can do to fix the problem.

Skill 3: Productivity

All legal employers want productive, efficient, and engaged team members. While the support you give your employees in the form of the right technical skill training and tools will help to enhance productivity, there are also steps employees will need to take themselves.

Ask your staff members how they currently pursue productivity in their workflows and where they’re most likely to struggle. If your team members are working in a remote or hybrid environment, they may need more assistance with scheduling their work and ensuring they adhere to deadlines.

Introduce your employees to different methods of boosting productivity, such as:

  • Arranging their to-do list: Some employees will find it easier to tackle the toughest jobs first thing in the day. Others will prefer to start with easier tasks and work on complex challenges later. Encourage your staff members to discover what works for them.
  • Taking regular breaks: While pushing your employees to be productive at all hours of the day is tempting, we all need breaks. Help your employees to take time out when they need it, by allowing them to step away from their schedule from time to time.
  • Tackling one task at a time: Teach your employees that multi-tasking is rarely the best way to generate the right results when it comes to productivity. Breaking large tasks into smaller pieces and working on targets one at a time is more likely to generate results.
  • Managing energy (not just time): Give your employees the freedom to adjust their work schedule according to when they have the best sense of focus. In today’s hybrid and remote work world, giving your employees more autonomy can boost productivity.
  • Leveraging useful tools: Certain tools and technology in the workplace can assist with productivity. For instance, some team members might use time-tracking applications to discover how long they spend on different tasks. Others might organise their day with a centralised project management system.

If any of your employees are struggling with productivity, it’s important to reach out and find out what’s happening. The problem could be with their schedule and how they organise their day. Alternatively, you could find your employees are experiencing the early stages of burnout. Either way, you can work together to develop a plan to promote the best workflow.

Finally, remember that the success of any new hire depends as much on the kind of training and guidance you give them as their own input and engagement into their work. Getting this part of the onboarding process right not only provides them with what they need to thrive at your firm, but can also help to improve employee retention, and avoid high employee turnover.

About Clayton Legal

Clayton Legal has been partnering with law firms across the country since 1999 and during that time has built up an enviable reputation for trust and reliability. We have made over 5,000 placements from partners to legal executives, solicitors to paralegals and legal IT personnel to practice managers.

If you are building your legal team or looking for your next career move, we can help. Call us on 01772 259 121 or email us here.

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5 Key Essentials to Note When Onboarding Your New Legal Employees

The Legal landscape has changed drastically in the last couple of years. Job opportunities are becoming more flexible with the rise of remote or hybrid work and the four-day work week, which started as a trial in the UK in recent weeks. 

Even the way law firms source and assess new candidates for roles has evolved, with an increasing number of virtual and video interviews as well as new software being developed since the pandemic. 

On top of all these changes, hiring managers and employers are also facing new challenges in employee retention, with the “Great Resignation” now causing significant talent turnover.  

In a skills-short legal environment, it’s important to ensure you’re taking every precaution to not only find the right new legal professional but prepare them for long-term success within your law firm.  

A successful onboarding strategy could be the key to providing your new team member with all the support, guidance, and insights they need to thrive at your firm. 

Here are the onboarding strategies you can use to empower your legal hires. 

1. Start with Preboarding

Employee “preboarding” is essentially an introductory step before the more intensive onboarding process begins. Today, as the competition for top legal talent continues to grow, talented candidates are increasingly looking to work with employers who make them feel valued, not those just paying the highest salary. 

Just as your new team member will be working hard to prove you made the right choice by bringing them on board, you want to demonstrate they’ve made an excellent choice by deciding to work for you. An introduction email as soon as your candidate accepts your job offer can set you off on the right track to building a great working relationship. You can even use this email to give your new employee some useful information such as parking on their first day, start times and any other useful information that could help them out.  

Start by welcoming your candidate onto the team and let them know the names of some of the people they will be working with. Next, include valuable information your employee might need, such as videos highlighting information about your brand identity and general updates about the new firm they are joining.  

2. Adjust the Onboarding Process for Different Roles

Do you have an onboarding plan? View our report here on a Quick Guide To Onboarding New Legal Talent.  

Certain parts of the legal onboarding process will be the same for all employees. You’ll need to introduce every new team member to the company culture in your business and the kind of values you’ll expect them to adhere to. However, this doesn’t mean an onboarding process should be entirely one-size-fits-all.  

Adjust the steps you take in the onboarding process based on your new employee’s needs. For instance, ask yourself what kind of software and tools the team member will be using from day one, and provide them with training support or video guidance on setting up new accounts.  

Think about the specific members of staff your new employee is going to be working with and arrange for a video or group meeting where you can all get to know each other in an informal and friendly setting.  

Creating a streamlined and personalised process for each employee will ensure your new candidates aren’t overwhelmed by information that may not be pertinent to them when starting their new role.  

3. Focus on Inclusion

The needs of today’s employees are beginning to change. While all team members want access to great development opportunities, a good salary, and fair benefits, they’re also looking for an immersive company culture and a sense of inclusion within their teams.  

Today, 64% of employees say diversity and inclusion is a crucial consideration in their decision to take a job offer. As soon as a new candidate agrees to join your team, start focusing on how you include them.  

Ask new hires about their preferred pronouns and names and introduce them immediately to the people they will be working with. Allow your employees to sit in on video meetings even before their role officially starts if you’re not going to be sharing sensitive information and add them to your group messaging boards. 

Make sure every team member feels like a crucial part of the team, regardless of whether they’re working in the office, remotely, or on a hybrid schedule. 

4. Build a Training Plan for Development

Great onboarding isn’t just about welcoming a new legal employee into your team and ensuring they have all the information they need about your business. You should also be looking for ways to build a foundation of a long professional relationship between your law firm and your hires. 

Around 93% of employees say they would happily stay with a company for longer if they felt their managers were investing in their careers with training and development. During the onboarding process, you can begin helping your employee see a future with your brand by working on a professional development plan together. 

Set up a one-on-one meeting where you discuss what the future might look like for your new team member and what kind of goals they would like to achieve while with your firm and in later life also. Discuss how you can help your employee reach new heights in their career and what your training opportunities look like. 

5. Collect Feedback Regularly

Finally, the only way to ensure your onboarding process is having the right impact on your legal employees is to ask them about it. Collecting feedback is an excellent way to determine whether you’re giving your new team members all the support and guidance they need.  

Ask your new hires what they feel you did well in the onboarding process and what they would like to change if given a chance to go through it again. Pay attention to productivity levels after your employees start their new role and look at how they might change when you add further steps to the onboarding process.  

The feedback you get should guide your future onboarding strategies, helping you build a more comprehensive experience for every new hire.  

Great Onboarding Starts with the Right Hire 

Remember, a great onboarding process can be a powerful tool, capable of improving new hire retention by around 82%. An excellent onboarding process will always start with the right hiring decisions. Improve your chances of bringing the right people on board by working with a specialist legal recruitment team like Clayton Legal. 

We can help you improve yours by taking care of the pre-onboarding and sourcing of talent. If you want to find out more call us on 01772 259 121. 

 

Next Steps 

If you’re reading this article because you are looking to hire your next legal hire, call one of the Clayton Legal team on 01772 259 121 and let’s have a conversation to explore your options. With our help and market insight, your hiring process can be smoother and quicker – and get you the outcome you’re looking for. 

 

About Clayton Legal 

Clayton Legal has been partnering with law firms across the country since 1999 and during that time has built up an enviable reputation for trust and reliability. We have made over 5,000 placements from Partners to Legal Executives, Solicitors to Paralegals and Legal IT personnel to Practice Managers. 

Whether you are building your legal team or are looking for your next career move, we can help. Call us on 01772 259 121 or email us here. 

 

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Lynn Sedgwick

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