For new account executives at Voice Public Relations, a typical first day on the job isn't like a stereotypical first day at all.

When the firm welcomes a new hire to its downtown Philadelphia office, the usual first-day introductions are already out of the way, and there's actual work to be done, says Finbarr O'Sullivan, Voice's director of PR. Rather than keeping new hires out of site where clients are concerned, he says the agency has learned from experience that it's ...