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
    • 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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Recruiting Low-Income Members and Service Recipients

Turn to partner agencies for new members

Service recipients are often motivated to "give back" and may also benefit greatly from the support available through the coaching and leadership of a national service program.

Peggy Friedenberg of Virginia Community Corps (Richmond, VA) has a number of members who are "TANF" (Temporary Aid to Needy Families) recipients and clients of her Corps' partner sites.

Click the play button to hear how she recruits these members.

Members will often refer other service recipients who are friends, relatives, or people they've come in contact with through public assistance programs.

If you recruit from this population, you may find it helpful to build basic job training into your member development. Click the play button to hear Friedenberg explain why.

Vicki Ginda, director of AmeriCorps Polk Reads (Bartow, FL), recruits parents and caregivers of the children served in her tutoring program, as well as older students in a special education program.

Like Friedenberg, she finds that these members are able to add an insider perspective and help other program staff see service recipients in a new light.

Click the play button to learn how everyone benefited when she created a job share position for a young man who received special education services.

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