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Onboarding

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈɑːnbɔːrdɪŋ/nounCommon term

In business english, onboarding means: The process of welcoming new employees and helping them learn the company's systems, people and way of working.

In Turkish: işe alıştırma, oryantasyon, işe uyum süreci

How it is used

Run by HR and line managers: onboarding plan, onboarding week, onboarding buddy. The verb is 'onboard': 'We onboarded six new hires'. Sales and software teams use the same word for new customers.

Example sentences

  1. Your first week is onboarding: system training, meetings with each team and a site visit.

  2. Good onboarding helps new hires become productive much faster.

Common collocations

  • onboarding process
  • onboarding plan
  • onboarding buddy
  • employee onboarding
  • customer onboarding
  • HRShort for human resources: the department that deals with hiring, contracts, pay, training, leave and employee relations.
  • colleagueA person you work with, especially someone in the same company or the same profession as you.
  • up to speedHaving all the latest information about a situation or task, or able to work at the expected level after a period of learning.
  • on boardSupporting a plan or decision and willing to take part in it; also used to say that someone has joined a team or company.

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