Recruiting, Screening, & Matching

Effective and meaningful volunteer service begins by matching the right people with the right task. Recruiting appropriate volunteers and placing them in volunteer roles that match their skills and interests can lead to greater retention.

Tip Sheets

• Recruitment Strategies

• Determining Volunteer Needs

• Tips for Recruitment of Youth Volunteers
  

Worksheets

• Recruitment Strategy

• Volunteer Recruitment

• Volunteer Position Description Instructions and Worksheet

Effective Practices

• Choosing appropriate outreach techniques for different generations

• Employing ten outreach strategies when recruiting individuals with disabilities

• Interviewing volunteer applicants using role playing

• Screening online volunteers

• Matching the right volunteer with the right assignment

• Using a database-driven website to connect students with community volunteer opportunities

Online Resources

• Evaluation Report: Engaging Persons with Disabilities in Service

• Retention and Recognition

• The Resource Connection, vol. 4, no. 1 - Recruitment and Retention

• Volunteer Management Program for Program Directors

• Processes that Foster Volunteer Retention

• Hiring Success: Find the Right Mix of Skills Behavior and Knowledge (Volunteer Leadership, Spring 2001)

• Join the USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network
• Volunteer Management Primer: Primary Resource Materials for Managing Volunteers
• AmeriCorps Member Recruitment and Placement Resources
  
• Online Volunteer Matching Sites
  

Books

• Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them
• Volunteer Recruiting and Retention: A Marketing Approach

• Count Me In! 501 Ideas on Recruiting Volunteers

• Toolkit for Volunteer Speed Matching

• 77 Ways to Recruit Volunteers