Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Acquired or learned while working at a job.

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  • adjective of training obtained whilst working

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  • adjective relating to or associated with a job or employment

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Examples

  • The payments were made related to "seven events, so-called on-the-job training" between 2000 and 2007, the prosecutor's office said.

    Prosecutors Probe Tognum Christoph Rauwald 2011

  • In a 2010 report on employment trends, the International Labor Organization notes that comprehensive training, as well as programs that include classroom and on-the-job training, technical and non-technical assistance, financial support for the employer and employee, and job placement services have all been shown to have the most success in advancing youth employment.

    Dedrick Muhammad: London's Calling, But Are We Listening? Dedrick Muhammad 2011

  • It proves even more difficult to explain why it is priced at six-figures when it might be more appropriately offered as a certificate course or on-the-job training.

    Tom Silva: The Other Debt Crisis Tom Silva 2011

  • It proves even more difficult to explain why it is priced at six-figures when it might be more appropriately offered as a certificate course or on-the-job training.

    Tom Silva: The Other Debt Crisis Tom Silva 2011

  • In a 2010 report on employment trends, the International Labor Organization notes that comprehensive training, as well as programs that include classroom and on-the-job training, technical and non-technical assistance, financial support for the employer and employee, and job placement services have all been shown to have the most success in advancing youth employment.

    Dedrick Muhammad: London's Calling, But Are We Listening? Dedrick Muhammad 2011

  • In a 2010 report on employment trends, the International Labor Organization notes that comprehensive training, as well as programs that include classroom and on-the-job training, technical and non-technical assistance, financial support for the employer and employee, and job placement services have all been shown to have the most success in advancing youth employment.

    Dedrick Muhammad: London's Calling, But Are We Listening? Dedrick Muhammad 2011

  • "It's been kind of on-the-job training, assisted by the sheriffs," he said.

    Medical Examiners In America: A Dysfunctional System ProPublica 2011

  • In a 2010 report on employment trends, the International Labor Organization notes that comprehensive training, as well as programs that include classroom and on-the-job training, technical and non-technical assistance, financial support for the employer and employee, and job placement services have all been shown to have the most success in advancing youth employment.

    Dedrick Muhammad: London's Calling, But Are We Listening? Dedrick Muhammad 2011

  • If we look at it from a jobs perspective, 70 percent of United States jobs require only on-the-job training, 10 percent require technical training, and 20 percent require a college education.

    Test scores and economic competitiveness Valerie Strauss 2011

  • In a 2010 report on employment trends, the International Labor Organization notes that comprehensive training, as well as programs that include classroom and on-the-job training, technical and non-technical assistance, financial support for the employer and employee, and job placement services have all been shown to have the most success in advancing youth employment.

    Dedrick Muhammad: London's Calling, But Are We Listening? Dedrick Muhammad 2011

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