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

by George B. Bradt, Mary Vonnegut

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 to help them assimilate into your corporate culture and accelerate their learning. For business leaders and managers who want well-trained, responsive, efficient, and effective employees, Onboarding helps you get the best from your new employees.

Genres: Business, Historical Romance, Nonfiction

272 pages, Hardcover

First published August 13, 2009

Reviews

[BookCupid · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately, the book is not-currently up to date still talking about such things as a "good employee" fit.

I would have enjoyed more information on introducing a buddy, questions to validate that the onboarding went well following the end of day/week/month/60days/90 days/ a year related to career development. I felt this was more about how do you feel working here. The book also included a lot of information on job interviews and how recruiters could help managers find someone who is, you guessed it, a good fit.

The only information that I did retain was how to sell the buddy system inside a corporate company. There are a lot of advantages to have someone accompany your employee.

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many new hires do not last longer than six months. One out of two new employees fails to meet the organization’s expectations. Why? Often, employers make little or no effort to acclimate these staffers to the job. Thus, their employees start off on the wrong foot, and many find it hard to “change course.” However, George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut deliver a proven program you can use to help new workers become immediately productive. Bradt, founder and director of the executive-transition consultancy PrimeGenesis, and Vonnegut, a partner at the firm, bring considerable experience to the topic. getAbstract recommends their book’s thoughtful approach to onboarding. Though the guide is poorly structured in parts, it provides easy-to-follow, practical advice for bringing people on board and keeping them there.

[Agis93 · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a good book for them who designing a program for new employee..

[Lori Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read book on human resources for knowledge workers and entrepreneurs.