Exercise 8: A Recruiting Process


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                         EXERCISE EIGHT
                      A RECRUITING PROCESS

> TASKS

Break into groups and discuss:

          1) Who, as a group, should you go after?
          2) Why would they join?
          3) Where might they be reached?
          4) How might they be reached?
          5) When they should be contacted?


1.  Who should we go after?

     What are the three most important categories of people to
     bring into the organization?

     A.                  B.                  C.


2. Why would they join?

   What do they need to hear from us?                            
                                                                 
                
3. Where might they be reached?

   What places, organizations, etc.
 
4. How might they be reached?

   Person-to-person?
   TV ads? Radio?
   Newspaper? etc.

5. When should they be contacted? 

   Time of year; time of day, etc.    


                       RECRUITING TIMELINE


       Month    Month    Month    Month    Month    Month
Task     #1       #2       #3       #4       #5       #6

1_________________________________________________________________

2_________________________________________________________________

3_________________________________________________________________

4_________________________________________________________________


       Month    Month    Month    Month    Month    Month
Task     #7       #8       #9      #10      #11      #12

1_________________________________________________________________

2_________________________________________________________________

3_________________________________________________________________

4_________________________________________________________________


Approaches:

   Personal
   Group
   Printed
   Audiovisual
   Referral
   Resource  
   Collaborative


CREDIT: Greg Speeter, Citizenship Improvement Training Program,
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.


Comments to: crs@uvm.edu
Reviewed as of 4/20/98