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Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time
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Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time

by George Bradt, Mary Vonnegut
September 2009
Beginner
266 pages
5h 16m
English
Wiley
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PRAISE FOR ONBOARDING
“A must read for anyone bringing someone new into their organization—if they are serious about setting them up for success! Well organized, easy to understand and implement.”
—Andy Kriz, Director, The Human Capital Institute
“This book shows you the MOST successful way to ensure new recruits deliver for you. It’s filled with practical tips! Why would you settle for anything less?”
—Robert Rigby-Hall, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, LexisNexis Group
“Onboarding provides a framework and tools to rapidly embrace new employees and position them for success. A must read for high-performing organizations.”
—Tom Colligan, Dean of Executive Education, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“This is an invaluable resource for anyone bringing new talent into an organization. The upfront thinking and easy-to-use tools are key to making any external search a success.”
—Alan Cork, Executive Director, Russell Reynolds and Associates
“PrimeGenesis has done it again. Their new book presents a completely different and clearly better way to manage the whole process of recruiting, jump-starting, and managing new employees. It’s hard to imagine anyone reading this book and not deploying its tools. Don’t even think about starting to recruit anyone else until you’ve read this book.”
—Kenneth Beck, CEO, CEO Connection
“This book is a must read for leaders who want to set key employees up for success and ultimately have the new employee make a major contribution to ...
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