Recruitment and Placement

• Develop a Recruitment Plan
• Identify Your Recruitment Needs
• Advertise and Market Your Position
  • Recruiting for Retention
  • Recruiting for Diversity
    • Members from Ethnic and Cultural Minority Groups
      • How Do You Say Volunteer in Swahili?
      • Recruiting Bilingual Members
    • Low-Income Members and Service Recipients
    • Members With Disabilities
    • Members From a Wide Age Range
    • Members locally in Rural Settings
  • Choosing Outreach Channels
  • Creating Marketing Materials
  • Helping Partner Sites Recruit
• Screen and Place New Members
• Prepare for New Members

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Members from Ethnic and Cultural Minority Groups

Create a model of diversity

In some communities, it can take extra effort to recruit members from ethnic and cultural minority groups. However, building a multicultural corps increases the perspectives of your team and provides a model of diversity for the community.

Linda Burkholder, of the Youth Development Project at the Folsom Cordova Community Partnership in Rancho Cordova, CA, has created a multicultural VISTA team. Her program works to mobilize and integrate resources that enhance the education, health, and well being of the children and families in the community.

Click the play button to hear Burkholder talk about the benefits of having an ethnically diverse VISTA corps, and about how members can be leadership models for others in the community.

If you want to build a more ethnically diverse team, the following resources can help.

• Tips for recruiting an ethnically diverse team
• How do you say volunteer in Swahili?
• Recruiting bilingual candidates

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