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This one's been dropped on me twice this week. When I inquired about "training", I was condescendingly corrected on my vernacular, like I was out of touch while he was trendy and smart.
Management: please, just don't, ok? It doesn't impress.
This one's been dropped on me twice this week. When I inquired about "training", I was condescendingly corrected on my vernacular, like I was out of touch while he was trendy and smart.
Management: please, just don't, ok? It doesn't impress.
Not exactly a new buzzword. I think I first heard it in reference to training, socializing, and orienting a new employee around 2004 or 2005.
While it can be a little jargony, I like it because to me it differentiates between more black-and-white training (i.e, use 2 containers for each batch, press the green button, clean the bathrooms every half hour) and training that also includes a little more corporate culture and "here's how to function in this department", perhaps assigning a mentor, etc. Organizational socialization, if you will.
I have heard the "onboarding" term for 10 years. I have only been working in offices for 10 years though.
While the training only lasted a day at most companies, the onboarding process could take a week.
The biggest drag was getting the different security accesses for confidential information in certain databases and systems. Approvals would take the longest, because it had to go up the chain of command for sensitive information like customer social security numbers.
Last edited by move4ward; 07-10-2014 at 05:58 PM..
I only started to hear that terminology a few years ago although it has probably been around for a long time. The HR profession probably needed jargon to capture what is a process rather than a singular event. -Can't take issue with them for that, nonetheless, the terminology gets on my nerves.
To me, there's three different areas for new employees:
1. Onboarding. This is the overall plan that extends from HR getting the benefits enrollment stuff to you, to the systems access from IT, to the logistics and facilities to the training plan. "Onboarding" is all-encompassing.
2. Orientation. Usually defines a very short time period that covers company policies, values, etc.
3. Training. Lasts forever, ongoing process.
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