In recent years employee orientation programs have taken on a position of importance in most successful organizations. Video tapes, CD-ROMs and Intranet based employee orientation programs are widely being used to provide new employees with the information they need to have for quick productivity and low turnover. Outlined below are the 20 of the most important things employees want to know when starting a new job, along with other critical elements of an interactive, electronic based new employee orientation program. All of the information provided will facilitate the orientation of new employees. It will be shown that presenting information in CD-ROM format has several advantages.