Recruitment and Placement

• Develop a Recruitment Plan
• Identify Your Recruitment Needs
• Advertise and Market Your Position
• Screen and Place New Members
• Prepare for New Members
  • Getting to Know Your New Members
  • Preparing Members for Their Assignments
  • Helping Members Make Ends Meet

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Helping Members Make Ends Meet

Teach members how to live on less

Making it on the living allowance is a challenge. Help members before they get in over their heads.

For starters, provide a realistic introduction to the living allowance before starting service. Learn how one program provides An Early Introduction to the Living Allowance. Some members can apply for food stamps as a way to supplement the stipend and gain experience with accessing assistance.

Early on, provide members with the basics of setting up a reasonable budget and sticking to it. See one program's guidance: Intro to Budgeting (PDF).

Create a tip sheet on saving money in your area. See tips assembled by other programs:

• Tips on Saving Money in Madison - (PDF)
• Making Ends Meet - (PDF)
• Money-saving Resource List - (PDF)

Help members struggling with debt. See strategies and resources adapted from a program's training:

• Getting Out of Debt includes a step-by-step process for addressing financial problems with tips for dealing with creditors and staying positive. - (PDF)

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