How to Use on-the-job in a Sentence
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Lack of sleep can lead to mistakes at work and is the cause of many on-the-job injuries each year.
—Trey Williams, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
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If elected, Atkins said there will be little need for on-the-job training.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
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Was this game part of an on-the-job training program for officials?
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
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The secret to writing success goes deeper than on-the-job training.
—Laura Kipnis, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2023
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Ah, your on-the-job experience helped fix a longtime problem.
—WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
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And facing challenges head-on requires on-the-job adjustments.
—Matt Leach, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
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Even if security guards dress like police, their on-the-job actions aren’t protected in the same way that officers’ are under the law.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
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Talk to your manager about stretch opportunities on-the-job.
—Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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Their on-the-job education has led to this stark, imperfect, unfinished-but-beautiful tale of Uyghur food and culture.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
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Working with love Volunteers join the Freyerim group in ninth and 10th grade and receive on-the-job training in agriculture from the farmer being helped and older volunteers.
—Judith Segaloff, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
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Tides plans to use its grant to offer paid on-the-job learning opportunities and to create new entry points into the behavioral health field for workers of color.
—Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
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Over one-third of survey respondents say their employer talked much about DEI during the interview process, but the on-the-job diversity efforts proved far less than promised.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 31 July 2023
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The one-year apprenticeships involve classroom and on-the-job training, mentoring and support services.
—Steve Lohr, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
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Does your employer offer on-the-job training or tuition subsidies?
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
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Part of that preparation is high-quality on-the-job training in a respectful and safe working environment.
—PCMAG, 4 Aug. 2023
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Supervisors should receive on-the-job coaching and be encouraged to improve their leadership habits, says Lovich.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
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Mentorship and coaching support both the 70% and the 20% of learning; they can be tailored to suit on-the-job learning and collaborative learning experiences.
—Matthew Reeves, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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The specific organizations that will host the participants for that kind of on-the-job training are still undetermined.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
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The school will partner with Airbus and Austal, to name a few, in getting students throughout Baldwin County in 10th through 12th grades real-world and on-the-job training in preparation for a job upon graduation.
—John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
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While there's never a guarantee going from coordinator to head coach will be a slam dunk, rarely if ever does somebody get the on-the-job training that Moore was afforded last season.
—Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2024
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Being the lone Democrat on the state’s five-member Executive Council has been excellent on-the-job training to be the state’s chief executive, Warmington said.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
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But Leung also credited the intense, on-the-job, training regime for his versatility.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
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Some people say there’s no manual that teaches parents how to raise their children – that such a great responsibility requires on-the-job training.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2023
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In fact, Bickert pointed out that their company medical insurance covers them as on-the-job essential items.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
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Previously this gap could have been explained by the very real difference between studying the theory of mortuary and the on-the-job experience.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2023
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That sort of on-the-job training has become largely a thing of the past in today’s fragmented and constantly churning TV landscape, with writers shuffling from one short-term gig to another, often taking on second jobs to make ends meet.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2023
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Another 41% of respondents said formal on-the-job training is the best way to find success professionally, while 37% said life experience is most valuable.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 28 Nov. 2023
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Move Afrika will also work with local vendors, agencies, artists and crews to provide on-the-job skill development and training opportunities.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
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In an interview after a rehearsal, Blanchard explained how his flexibility — unusual in the world of opera, in which scores, like schedules, are set far in advance — was the result of some early, on-the-job training in his career as a jazz performer.
—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
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Alexis Oberg, a clinical research coordinator assistant at Moores for one year, said that the wage structure has resulted in a high turnover rate, with about a quarter of workers in these jobs with little on-the-job experience.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
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