Recruitment and Placement

• Develop a Recruitment Plan
• Identify Your Recruitment Needs
• Advertise and Market Your Position
  • Recruiting for Retention
    • Providing Site Descriptions
    • Differentiating between VISTA and AmeriCorps
    • Using Targeted Screening
    • An Early Introduction to the Living Allowance
    • Serving a Second Term
  • Recruiting for Diversity
  • Choosing Outreach Channels
  • Creating Marketing Materials
  • Helping Partner Sites Recruit
• Screen and Place New Members
• Prepare for New Members

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Providing Site Descriptions

Offering a clear picture

When Sandra Hansen recruits members for her multi-site VISTA program, she helps applicants understand how all parts of the program fit together. Hansen gives them a 3-page document about the Iowa Campus Compact that describes:

• What the umbrella organization does
• What VISTA is and how it works with her program
• What VISTA living allowance and benefits are
• What VISTA members do in each of her 8 sites

Having all the facts in one handy place saves time, makes the program more transparent, and opens up conversations. "It allows members to have a better picture of what they are getting involved in and make informed decisions so that we retain them for the entire year," says Hansen.

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