Hit the Job Running: Because Landing the Job Is the Easy Part - Softcover

Dolph, Andrea; Clemens, Lynda; Sarnacki, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977409910 ISBN 13: 9780977409914

Publisher: Rise & Shine Press, 2010

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 hands-on experience in strategic business and Information Technology planning, program management, process optimization and planning/managing budgets in the millions of dollars. As a manager/director at GE and Lockheed Martin, she hired and coached entry level to experienced employees, and served as executive coordinator for recruiting at the University of Virginia.Her corporate and subsequent consulting experience spans the aerospace and defense, pharmaceutical, hospital, retail, and insurance industries. She has held numerous leadership positions in various non-profit organizations.

Andrea's BA, Russian Studies from the University of Virginia, and an MS, Computer Science from George Washington University have been enhanced by training in many aspects of leadership development at both GE s Crotonville Management Development Institute and through off-site programs sponsored by GE and Lockheed Martin. Lynda Clemens has more than 25 years experience in Information Technology program management, having led multi-million dollar projects for Lockheed Martin. As a senior manager at Lockheed Martin, she mentored many entry-level to more experienced employees. Lynda received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Temple University in 1985. She has taught as an adjunct for Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies since 1993, twice receiving the Teaching Excellence Award. She also received training in many aspects of leadership development through programs sponsored by GE and Lockheed Martin. Ray Sarnacki gained extensive management experience over a 30 year career, producing demonstrated results in cost reduction, process improvement and alignment of IT initiatives with business objectives. As a manager at GE and Lockheed Martin, he also served as executive coordinator for recruiting at Notre Dame and played an instrumental role in developing Lockheed Martin s IS Leadership Development Program. He left Lockheed to become a managing director for a $60 million venture capital fund investing in retail, food service, and technology companies. He now lectures on management topics in the MBA program at St. Joseph s University. Ray serves as an advisor and board member for several non-profit organizations. A University of Notre Dame graduate, he holds a BA in Economics, as well as an MS in Operations Research from Union College. He graduated from GE s Financial Management Program and received additional training at GE s Management Development Institute in Crotonville, NY.

Review

"This book has jump-started the thinking of our new employees 2 to 3 years into their careers." --Dan Sternberg, Senior Systems Engineer, Major Defense Electronics Corporation

"Every parent should duct tape Hit the Job Running to their kid's college graduation gift!" --Peter Notebloom, 2005 Marshall Scholar, Co-Founder of UGResearch.org, a digital content company

"Filled with practical, actionable advice, this book is written so anyone can learn from it, and be successful. At last the years of mentoring I received from Andrea are available in print for everyone to benefit from!" --Carla Booker, VP Fortune 20 Global Financial Services Firm

About this edition

• Publisher: Rise & Shine Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0977409910
• ISBN 13: 9780977409914
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320