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 -
If elected, Atkins said there will be little need for on-the-job training.
— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024 -
Was this game part of an on-the-job training program for officials?
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023 -
The secret to writing success goes deeper than on-the-job training.
— Laura Kipnis, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Technical and on-the-job training will provide preparation for the work.
— Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024 -
This summer, workers across the country are staring down the barrel of on-the-job illness, injury, or death due to extreme heat.
— Will Daniel, Fortune, 9 July 2024 -
Ah, your on-the-job experience helped fix a longtime problem.
— WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023 -
And facing challenges head-on requires on-the-job adjustments.
— Matt Leach, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023 -
During Mars’ six-week passage through Taurus, achieving an on-the-job milestone is your focus.
— USA TODAY, 9 June 2024 -
Others, like Blattner Energy and Vestas, will provide on-the-job training for new hires.
— Morgan Smith,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024 -
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 -
The company is a contractor of the U.S. Department of Energy, which has rules to prevent on-the-job overheating.
— Cathy Bussewitz, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2024 -
By providing on-the-job training, employers can tap into a wider talent pool.
— Kara Dennison, Sphr, Cprw, Ec, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Talk to your manager about stretch opportunities on-the-job.
— Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 -
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 -
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 -
The new staff who were on-the-job training expressed their excitement to begin their positions, stated the training was good, and genuinely were happy with their decision to join the team.
— Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2024 -
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 -
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 -
The one-year apprenticeships involve classroom and on-the-job training, mentoring and support services.
— Steve Lohr, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024 -
The instructor is supposed to: Routinely observe and evaluate the student’s on-the-job performance.
— Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024 -
Does your employer offer on-the-job training or tuition subsidies?
— Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Instead of sitting for the multiday bar exam, which most states offer twice a year, new graduates can be admitted to practice in Oregon through on-the-job training.
— Erika Bolstad, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024 -
Part of that preparation is high-quality on-the-job training in a respectful and safe working environment.
— PCMAG, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Supervisors should receive on-the-job coaching and be encouraged to improve their leadership habits, says Lovich.
— Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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