An effective new employee onboarding program provides new employees with the following information: Compliance: Teaching new hires the basic rules, regulations, and policies that define your company. Clarification: Educating new hires on their job functions and performance expectations. Culture: Advising new hires on formal and informal organizational norms, such as the company dress code. Connection: Helping new hires to build interpersonal and interdepartmental relationships in your organization. As the HR Director for an organization, you will develop an effective new employee onboarding program that will last for approximately three months. Specifically, it will orient new employees to the organization for which they have been recently hired. Your onboarding program must contain the following components: Organization's History Welcome Statement Overview of the Organization's Strategic Plan Year the Organization was founded Founder(s) information Product or Service Provided What makes the organization different or better than competitors? Number of Employees Number of Years in Business Mission Statement Vision Statement Organizational Values Commitment to Diversity Statement Diversity Policy Diversity Practices HR Policies Affecting New Employees Work Hours