Onboarding
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 (business) The process of bringing a new employee on board, incorporating training and orientation. countable, uncountable
"Onboarding gets your new employees up to speed twice as fast as separate efforts to recruit, orient, and manage."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of onboard form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Onboarding gets your new employees up to speed twice as fast as separate efforts to recruit, orient, and manage."
Etymology
From on board + -ing, 1970s American management jargon.