Onboarding : how to get your new employees up to speed in half the time / George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradt, George B.

Contributor:

Vonnegut, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Recruiting.

Employees.

Employee orientation.

Employee motivation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How to get your new employees up to speed in half the time

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A guide to getting new employees recruited, oriented, and productive-FAST ""Onboarding,"" a growing trend in the business community, is a focused methodology that gets people in new roles up to speed quickly and efficiently. This book guides you through a process that enables you to recruit, orient, and enable your new employees to get the job done. Learn how to inspire and encourage your new employees to deliver better results faster. George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut's Onboarding helps ensure that your new employees are productive and efficient from day one. You'll learn how t

Contents:

Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: PREPARE FOR YOUR NEW EMPLOYEE'S SUCCESS BEFORE YOU START RECRUITING; CHAPTER 1: Understand the Organization-Wide Benefits of a Total Onboarding Program: An Executive Summary; CHAPTER 2: Clarify Your Destination and Messages to the Candidate and the Organization; CHAPTER 3: Craft Your Time Line, Write a Recruiting Brief, and Align Your Stakeholders; PART II: RECRUIT IN A WAY THAT REINFORCES YOUR MESSAGES; CHAPTER 4: Create a Powerful Slate of Potential Candidates

CHAPTER 5: Evaluate Candidates Against the Recruiting Brief While Pre-Selling and Pre-BoardingCHAPTER 6: Make the Right Offer, and Close the Right Sale the Right Way; PART III: GIVE YOUR NEW EMPLOYEE A BIG HEAD START BEFORE DAY ONE; CHAPTER 7: Co-Create a Personal Onboarding Plan with Your New Employee; CHAPTER 8: Manage the Announcement to Set Your New Employee Up for Success; CHAPTER 9: Do What It Takes to Make Your New Employee Ready, Eager, and Able to Do Real Work on Day One; PART IV: ENABLE AND INSPIRE YOUR NEW EMPLOYEE TO DELIVER BETTER RESULTS FASTER

CHAPTER 10: Make Positive First Impressions Both WaysCHAPTER 11: Speed Development of Important Working Relationships; CHAPTER 12: Provide Resources, Support, and Follow-Through; APPENDIX I: Organization-Wide Transformation; New Employee Fresh Eyes Survey; APPENIDIX II: Sourcing Candidates on the Web; NOTES; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE GUEST EXPERTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612279577

9781282279575

1282279572

9781118256145

111825614X

9780470524893

0470524898

OCLC:

773301892