Onboarding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Onboarding is a noun meaning (In American English): (business) The process of bringing a new employee on board, incorporating training and orientation.
Meaning
(In American English): (business) The process of bringing a new employee on board, incorporating training and orientation.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of onboard
Example Sentences
Onboarding gets your new employees up to speed twice as fast as separate efforts to recruit, orient, and manage.
As Sunak disappears inside, pursued by the clicks of photographers’ cameras, the new prime minister will begin a flurry of activity, with civil service staff guiding a new team of political appointees through what is known as “onboarding”, involving everything from computer log-ins to security passes.
Word Forms
- onboardings
Synonyms for onboarding
Depending on context, synonyms include induction, onstaffing, orientation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aboard, boarding, shipborne, shipboard, ship, aircraft.
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