Onboarding

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of onboard form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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inductiononstaffingorientation

Example

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"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.

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