Onboarding in the Age of "Y"

According to ASTD President Tony Bingham, by 2014 Millennials or Generation Y (the generation born between 1980-2000) will comprise 50% of the international workforce. Whether you brand your newest generation of Gen Y young professionals creative, collaborative and tech savvy; disrespectful, entitled and downright whiny—or something in between—their success in the workplace will determine whether our nation’s recent economic crises are footnotes in history or recurring themes. Unfortunately, in these difficult economic times, many companies have not developed a systematic approach to onboarding. As a result, young professional new hires—and those employees whose success hinges on theirs—are not set up to succeed. Generational career and workplace expert Alexia Vernon, the author of 90 Days 90 Ways: Onboard Young Professionals to Peak Performance, will share simple, easy-to-apply best practices for meeting your young professionals where they are and taking them where they need to be to thrive in your company by the end of their first quarter.

During the webinar, Alexia will share:
•       How to create a knockout day 1 experience
•       Exactly what young professionals need to know to succeed
•       The dos and don’ts of integrating young professionals into your culture
•       Strategies for building high-impact communicators
•       A foolproof recipe for receiving a return on your expectations
•       Tools for keeping young professionals focused on their priorities
•       How to create a customer service orientation to remedy inexperience and a lack of professionalism
•       Tactics to grow a generation of employees who create company calm
•       Tips for funneling the right young professionals into your leadership pipeline

This webinar is a must for hiring managers, human resources professionals, trainers, department managers, and other workplace staff in your organization who work with your next-gen workforce.

Please join us as we will be covering the following items:

Explore how to design the all-important first day experience for new hires

Determine the most important concepts required for success in their organization and learn when and how to communicate them effectively

balance of structure and freedom for them to succeed

Strengthen their ability to incorporate new employees into the existing workplace culture

90 Days 90 Ways: Onboard Young Professionals to Peak Performance (ASTD Press, 2012)

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