ONBOARDING Definition & Meaning

onboarding

[ on-bawr-ding, awn- ]

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noun

the process of preparing a new employee to do their job and adapt to company culture, by providing information, tools, mentorship, etc.
the process of digitizing and uploading customer data collected offline, typically to improve the results of personalized data-driven marketing:
The onboarding of our customers’ identifying information will enhance our digital audience profiles.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of onboarding¹

First recorded in 1985–90

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“We are really, really behind onboarding our employees right now,” a Forest Service firefighter told ProPublica.

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"These actions include everything from enhanced training programmes and onboarding practices, through to the launch of a new digital speak up channel designed with our and our franchisees' restaurant crew in mind," the spokesperson said.

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“We recommend having strong hiring and onboarding practices to ensure your employee files are as complete and correct as possible,” Gabriel said.

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“It’s a slap in the face. It’s completely disrespectful,” Steve Gutierrez of the National Federation of Federal Employees, the union representing firefighters, said of the administration actions, noting that the onboarding of some firefighters last week was stopped because of the hiring freeze.

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But Gutierrez, of the federal employees union, said he had been told of one group of workers scheduled to start Sunday was informed their onboarding had been put on hold.

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