Hit the Job Running: Because landing the job is the easy part - Softcover

Andrea Dolph; Ray Sarnacki

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Synopsis

How do you increase the new hire success rate? By teaching new employees the skills required for success! Employees don't learn these skills in college, and once they transition into the workplace, their managers often lack the time to teach them. Now you can give new hires the tools to jumpstart their success and yours in one of the most comprehensive and compelling guides available for new employees today. Hit the Job Running is a goldmine of real world, actionable advice that provides new hires with a roadmap for successfully transitioning from student to professional. With both big-picture context and step-by-step instruction, it hits on key workplace principles unlike anything else on your bookshelf. Topics include: Written & Verbal Workplace Communications: Often cited by employers as the most desirable attribute of an ideal candidate in the NACE Job Outlook each year, it is, ironically, also the skill most lacking in new college graduates. Hit the Job Running discusses the elements of and barriers to effective communications, and provides a timeline for improved performance. Learning the Ground Rules & Developing Business Acumen: Understanding the language of business and factors affecting decision-making are both crucial to professional success. Yet, it is difficult for new employees to succeed when they are focused on deciphering the world around them. This discussion demystifies the workplace and imparts knowledge often expected from new hires, yet rarely addressed in orientation. Perhaps Nido Qubein, President of High Point University and Chairman of Great Harvest Bread Company, puts it best: "If you don't have time to develop your recent college graduates to the extent you'd like, use Hit the Job Running to train your new hires. This one-stop reading gives them the power to succeed!"

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About the Author

Andrea Dolph has more than 20 years of experience in strategic business and Information Technology planning, program management, and process optimization while Ray Sarnacki spent more than 30 years producing results in cost reduction, aligning IT initiatives with business objectives, and as a managing director for a $60-million venture capital fund. Colleagues at General Electric and Lockheed Martin, both Andrea and Ray have hired and coached many employees from entry level to experienced, and they continue this work as consultants and trainers today. Andrea holds her BA in Russian Studies from the University of Virginia, and an MS in Computer Science from George Washington University. A University of Notre Dame graduate, Ray holds a BA in Economics, as well as an MS in Operations Research from Union College.

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9780977409914: Hit the Job Running: Because Landing the Job Is the Easy Part

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ISBN 10:  0977409910 ISBN 13:  9780977409914
Publisher: Rise & Shine Press, 2010
Softcover