onboarding

plural onboardings

1. UScountableuncountablebusinessThe process of bringing a new employee on board, incorporating training and orientation.

   Onboarding gets your new employees up to speed twice as fast as separate efforts to recruit, orient, and manage.

   2009, George B. Bradt, Mary Vonnegut, Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 7

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   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.

   2022 October 24, Peter Walker, “Last morning in No 10 is straightforward – but what now for Liz Truss?”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: induction, onstaffing, orientation

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of onboard