Recruiting and Placing Volunteers

• Vocational Education

Recruiting and Placing Volunteers

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson you will be able to identify effective strategies for recruiting volunteers. At the end of the lesson you will be able to create clear and concise volunteer roles and job descriptions. At the end of the lesson you will be able to utilize social media and other tools for volunteer recruitment effectively.

What do you already know about recruiting and placing volunteers?

Planning volunteer recruitment campaigns

A strategic plan designed to attract and engage volunteers.

Creating volunteer roles and writing job descriptions

A formal account of an employee's responsibilities.

Effective use of social media and other recruitment tools

Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

Interactive Activities

Role-playing interviews and workshops on writing job descriptions to provide practical experience.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.