Onboarding turns the key, opening the door to talent development
Investing in onboarding means investing in employee success and the business of the future. Effective onboarding programs both increase and facilitate employee engagement and business results; onboarding shortens the employee learning curve by increasing job knowledge. If you need to design, revise, or expand your company's onboarding program, Effective Onboarding offers a simple-to-follow path forward.
Talent development experts Norma Dávila and Wanda Piña-Ramírez combine their significant consulting experience and the latest onboarding trends to create a single source for onboarding best practices, job aids, templates, and checklists. Also included are examples and stories based on real-life situations the authors have encountered in their practice. While many books about onboarding limit their approach to employee recruitment and selection, this book is more comprehensive, following employees through their first year on the job. Effective Onboarding clarifies the differences between orientation and onboarding, describes how to build a business case for your onboarding program, and guides you to design, implement, evaluate, and sustain the program that's right for your organization.
Effective Onboarding is part of a new ATD series, What Works in Talent Development, which addresses the most critical topics facing today's talent development practitioners. Each book in the series is written for trainers, by trainers, and offers a clear, step-by-step path to solve real issues.
Wanda Piña-Ramírez is a consultant in human resources and labor law who has held various roles in hospitality, tourism, telecommunications, restaurants, petrochemicals, retail, utilities, and government in the United States, the Caribbean Region, and Puerto Rico. Wanda is a certified coach (CCC), practitioner in neurolinguistic programming and applied kinesiology, human resources administrator, and a mediator for cases of domestic violence and aggression in Puerto Rico. Norma Dávila develops others in industries as diverse as banking, technology, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, retail, risk management, utilities, automotive, energy, and waste management. Norma provides outplacement and career transition support, leadership development, and talent management programs. Norma is a certified professional resume writer (CPRW), certified professional career coach (CPCC), and Society for Human Resources Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at Yale University and master's and doctoral degrees in psychology at the University of Chicago. Norma Dávila and Wanda Piña-Ramírez serve as subject matter experts, program facilitators, and program translators for SHRM. Both are senior human resources consultants for AON, serve as SMEs and board members for Mejores Patronos de Puerto Rico. Wanda and Norma are the authors of the books Cutting Through the Noise: The Right Employee Engagement Strategies for You (ASTD Press, 2013) and Passing the Torch: A Guide to the Succession Planning Process (ATD Press, 2015) as well as articles in professional publications such as TD, Revista Recurso, El Nuevo Día, among others. They serve as field editors for ATD Links.
