VOL 120 | Volunteer Recruitment and Screening

Overview

In this workshop-style session, learners will identify the high-priority volunteer needs of their organization, create an appropriate screening process for volunteers, discuss types of recruitment, and build a recruitment plan.

Key Concepts

• Identifying high-priority needs and filling out a Volunteer Needs Assessment
• Building a screening process
• Recruitment best practices

Learning Objectives

• Identify and track high priority volunteer needs within an organization.
• Write effective volunteer position descriptions.
• Create an efficient screening process for incoming volunteers.
• Develop an organizational volunteer-recruitment plan.

Audience

• Volunteer coordinators/managers
• Program staff members who supervise/manage volunteers