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by Jayne Cravens
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Effective Volunteer Engagement:
Recruiting Volunteers

 
STOP! Don't start using the resources on this page to recruit volunteer until you have

Recruiting volunteers is NOT the first step in setting up a volunteer engagement scheme. It's NOT the first thing to be done to involve volunteers. In fact, I believe it is the LAST step, one you do after you have defined your mission statement for your volunteer engagement, created assignments, written policies and procedures, defined how you will evaluate your volunteer engagement at the six month and one-year mark, mapped how your volunteer in-take processes will work, and trained staff that will work with volunteers. 

If you don't do these steps first, your volunteer recruitment will:
In addition, your retainment of volunteers will plummet.

The number one complaint of people trying to volunteer is that they signed up to volunteer, through the organization's own web site or by calling on the phone or via a site like VolunteerMatch, and the organization never responded, or responded many weeks or months later, when they were no longer available.

Please see Diagnosing the causes of volunteer recruitment problems before you recruit volunteers. You will quickly see why having the fundamentals of volunteer management in place is essential for recruiting and retaining volunteers is essential for any of the following to work.

Recruiting volunteers

  
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And also time to have a look at:

 The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook:
Fully Integrating Online Service Into Volunteer Involvement.


A comprehensive guide to using online tools for supporting & engaging ALL volunteers, & for creating online roles & online tasks for volunteers.

The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Virtual Volunteering At Any Organization.

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(includes table of contents and reviews).

 
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