MEMBER RECRUITMENT TRAINING 19/20 - Washington …

[Pages:7]MEMBER RECRUITMENT TRAINING 19/20

WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS

SERVE TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.

Importance of Recruitment

? Spending time on creating a great WSC/WRC AmeriCorps applicant pool is worth the effort.

? Lack of gathering an adequate applicant pool has resulted in sites picking members who are not well suited to service. This may result in misconduct and members who leave positions early.

? As member placement fees are not refundable, sites also lose money and time addressing misconduct issues.

? Resources in this training will help provide you the tools you need to develop an adequate applicant pool, from which to select a member.

How Recruitment Works

New Sites: ? Please complete the eGrants/My

AmeriCorps Listing Worksheet as soon as possible found at the hyperlink here. Then email the completed form to wscip@esd. Once this information is received WSC/WRC will place a recruitment posting for you on the My AmeriCorps website. This is the website where interested AmeriCorps applicants will go to create a login and apply for open AmeriCorps postings across the country. ? Once your My AmeriCorps link is live our office will email it to you. You will also be able to find your listing on our website about a week after your link goes live on the WSC Open Positions page here.

Returning Sites from last year intent to continue:

? WSC/WRC has already posted your listing on My AmeriCoprs and you will find your postings' online URL for recruitment go to our website link for Open Postions here.

Returning Sites from last year with teams:

? Teams from last year will continue to post their own listing on eGrants..

Recruitment Steps:

As mentioned in the prior slide, we will post your recruitment listing on the national My AmeriCorps website.

If you have any questions along the way, or are

having trouble getting an adequate applicant pool

after utilizing these resources, contact us.

Start Today!

Use the advertising and outreach tools found on

the next two slides to start amassing your pool of applicants. Follow each of the five action steps to get the best pool of applicants.

Action Step #1: Advertise Locally

Actions To Take Today

Washington Service Corps (WSC) Resources To Use

1. Run ads in your local papers, newsletters, parent portals and periodicals.

? Find your local paper here.

a. WSC Newspaper Classified Ad Template

b. WSC Newspaper Public Service Ad Template (usually free of charge)

c. WSC Craigslist Ad Template d. Spreading The Word Handout-

includes templates for social media.

2. Run a public service announcements on a local radio station. (Usually free of charge.)

a. WSC Public Service Radio Announcement Template

? Find your local radio stations here.

Washington Reading Corps (WRC) Resources To Use

a. WRC Newspaper Classified Ad Template

b. WRC Newspaper Public Service Ad Template (usually free of charge)

c. WRC Craigslist Ad Template d. Spreading The Word Handout-

includes templates for social media.

a. WRC Public Service Radio Announcement Template

3. Put up posters at local

a. WSC Blank Poster (fill in your site's

gathering spots - library, post

specific contact information)

office, colleges, coffee shops, b. WSC Blank Poster with Pull Tabs (fill

etc.

in your site's specific contact

information)

? If you currently have

AmeriCorps members,

they can help with this.

a. WRC Blank Poster (fill in your site's specific contact information)

b. WRC Blank Poster with Pull Tabs (fill in your site's specific contact information)

Action Step #2: Outreach In The Community

Actions To Take Today Washington Service Corps Washington Reading Corps (WSC) Resources To Use (WRC) Resources To Use

4. Register to table at local

a. WSC AmeriCorps Display

nonprofits, high schools,

Sign

colleges, career fairs etc. to

b. WSC AmeriCorps Fact Sheet

talk about why it would be great

to serve at your site.

a. WRC AmeriCorps Display Poster b. WSC AmeriCorps Fact Sheet

? If you currently have AmeriCorps members, they can help with this.

5. Set up an appointment to present a PowerPoint at local nonprofits, high schools, colleges, etc. to talk about why it would be great to serve at your site.

a. WSC Outreach Presentation PowerPoint

? If you currently have AmeriCorps members, they can help with this.

a. WRC Outreach Presentation PowerPoint

Be sure to use our program logos for outreach or when you advertise your position: Washington Service Corps | Washington Reading Corps | Logo set

Recruitment Plan Checklist & Additional Questions

Recruitment Plan Checklist

Additional Questions?

Use our supplemental Recruitment Plan Checklist to help keep your recruitment plan on track.

If you still have questions after reviewing this material, please contact WSC.

If you are not sure who to contact, please call us: 1-888-713-6080 (toll free)



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