orientation training

New employee education

Orientation training is instruction given to new employees or members to familiarize them with an organization's policies, procedures, culture, and expectations.

It typically covers practical matters like workplace safety, benefits, and reporting structures: All new hires must complete orientation training during their first week.

The term applies broadly to any structured introduction—students entering a university, volunteers joining a nonprofit, or soldiers beginning military service.

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career stage

orientation trainingcontinuing education

Ongoing professional coursework after graduation

advanced training · executive coaching · master class · upskilling · professional development

training purpose

orientation trainingoffboarding

Employee exit process

outprocessing · succession planning

formality and structure

orientation traininglearning by doing

Acquiring skills through practice

trial and error · self-directed learning · sink or swim

Family

orientation, training, orient, train, oriented, orienting, orientate, orientated, orientating

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