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Building a Business Case for On-boarding

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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Brought to you by SilkRoad technology and Aberdeen Group, this free webinar will take a look at how to build an effective business case for on-boarding.

Creating and implementing an effective on-boarding strategy is one of the most important things you can do to improve new hire productivity, retention and engagement of your workforce. But many HR professionals find it challenging to quantify the potential benefits and convince management to allot budget for the program and necessary technology.

This webinar will give you valuable tips, backed by Aberdeen Group research, including:

How to apply the benefits of on-boarding to your business situation
The costs you can save by automating the on-boarding process
Key metrics to help measure success

Kevin Martin
Vice President and Principal Analyst, Human Capital Management
Aberdeen Group

Kevin Martin came to Aberdeen in March 2007 to build its human capital management research practice. Aberdeen’s Extraprise research group covers human capital management, strategic service management, marketing, sales effectiveness and retail. Prior to Aberdeen, Martin spent 18 years leading the sales, marketing and business development efforts at several companies — the last 12 years of which were dedicated to the talent management industry. Martin has served on the boards of two talent management associations in the northeast United States. He currently serves as board president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Massachusetts and Metrowest. He earned his MBA from Boston University and his B.S.B.A. from the University of Dayton.

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Brian Platz
Chief Operating Officer
SilkRoad technology, inc.

Brian Platz co-founded SilkRoad technology and is responsible for the overall direction, technology and services to deliver SilkRoad’s market-leading Life Suite of talent management solutions. He has had the opportunity to work with hundreds of SilkRoad’s clients on executing their talent strategies with the use of technology and innovative techniques. Platz is a frequent author and speaker on the topics of talent management technology, employee on-boarding and social networking. Before joining SilkRoad, he was the vice president of product management for divine inc. Platz has a 14-year career in developing Web-based technology, e-business initiatives and e-commerce solutions with a variety of high-tech startups.

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Join us Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern

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