One of the first things that a new employee for an organization will need is to be "onboarded." Onboarding a new employee is done for many reasons, and requires multiple department interactions. The Society for Human Resource Management states that onboarding can last upwards of 12 months - and is essential to ensuring that employees feel included from the start of working, and quickly become acclimated to the organizational culture. This helps ensure employees are successful and do not quit soon after joining the organization.

Some of the questions SHRM says need to be answered prior to creating an onboarding program include:

When will onboarding start? (not a date - but measured by an employee's start date) and why then? How long will it last? (and why this length). What impression (of the organization) do you want new hires to walk away with at the end of the first day (and why?) What do new employees need to know about the culture and work environment? What role will HR play in the process? What about direct managers? Co-workers? What kind of goals do you want to set for new employees? How will you gather feedback on the program and measure its success? (Maurer, 2017).