onboarding
Americannoun
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the process of preparing a new employee to do their job and adapt to company culture, by providing information, tools, mentorship, etc.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of onboarding
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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That’s been true since J.D. and Turk’s first day at Sacred Heart, 25 years ago, when J.D. remarks to himself, somewhat despondently, that the hospital devotes more time to an onboarding seminar on avoiding legal liability than passing along tips on the best patient care.
From Salon
Hit the ground running: Early in my career as a new-employee trainer, I witnessed a manager tell this to a group of new hires on their first day, at the start of the onboarding process.
“Most people aren’t even ready for a booking agent. They don’t have their ducks in a row. A large part of his onboarding process is preparing yourself to go on tour and thinking about transportation and marketing and building a budget,” Startz says.
From Los Angeles Times
This is what happened to software engineer Gable Brown when he traveled to San Francisco for a week of onboarding at a new job last month.
Its customers include Deutsche Telekom, which uses ElevenLabs voice agents for customer service, and delivery service Deliveroo, which uses the technology to streamline courier onboarding.
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