Volunteer Recruitment, Selection & Placement - Introduction
The information in this section will provide readers with the tools and strategies required to improve their number of volunteers.
To develop an environment that entices people to volunteer willingly requires your organisation to understand why people currently don’t volunteer. Recruitment is only the first step. If your organisation does not support its recruitment strategy with strong volunteer human resource (HR) management you will stand to lose them and, more importantly, the potential for future volunteers.
Don’t Set Your Club Up For Failure or Legal Exposure
Before you recruit anyone it is critical that as an organisation you are clear on what positions are needed and what legal requirements are needed to deliver your organisation's services. For example, the organisation must have a President, Secretary, Treasurer, qualified coaches and personnel with Blue Cards if you provide activities for children. The most common mistake that exposes organisations today to physical, legal, financial and ethical risks, is the manner in which the organisation recruits its volunteers to specific roles. By electing round pegs to fit into square holes the organisation and the individual are left clearly exposed for failure. It is critical that your organisation develops a system that enables them to be more flexible when it comes to selecting and recruiting the volunteers it needs. The organisation will need to ensure that it develops a framework that is easily adjusted to suit the volunteer pool available at any given time. Therefore a critical responsibility for the organisation is to adapt its key positions to best suit the capability and the capacity of the volunteer. If they don’t have the specific skills or the time to complete all the tasks currently allocated to the specific position…..readjust the role so they have opportunity to be successful. Remember a successful volunteer is a Happy Volunteer.
More Information
Go back to the Recruitment, Selection and Placement tab above to access more information in the Manual, handy tasksheet templates and policies and procedures for you to adapt for your club to ensure your success.
The information in this section will provide readers with the tools and strategies required to improve their number of volunteers.
To develop an environment that entices people to volunteer willingly requires your organisation to understand why people currently don’t volunteer. Recruitment is only the first step. If your organisation does not support its recruitment strategy with strong volunteer human resource (HR) management you will stand to lose them and, more importantly, the potential for future volunteers.
Don’t Set Your Club Up For Failure or Legal Exposure
Before you recruit anyone it is critical that as an organisation you are clear on what positions are needed and what legal requirements are needed to deliver your organisation's services. For example, the organisation must have a President, Secretary, Treasurer, qualified coaches and personnel with Blue Cards if you provide activities for children. The most common mistake that exposes organisations today to physical, legal, financial and ethical risks, is the manner in which the organisation recruits its volunteers to specific roles. By electing round pegs to fit into square holes the organisation and the individual are left clearly exposed for failure. It is critical that your organisation develops a system that enables them to be more flexible when it comes to selecting and recruiting the volunteers it needs. The organisation will need to ensure that it develops a framework that is easily adjusted to suit the volunteer pool available at any given time. Therefore a critical responsibility for the organisation is to adapt its key positions to best suit the capability and the capacity of the volunteer. If they don’t have the specific skills or the time to complete all the tasks currently allocated to the specific position…..readjust the role so they have opportunity to be successful. Remember a successful volunteer is a Happy Volunteer.
More Information
Go back to the Recruitment, Selection and Placement tab above to access more information in the Manual, handy tasksheet templates and policies and procedures for you to adapt for your club to ensure your success.