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Volunteer Management and Volunteer Recruiting Forms

by Judy Esmond on

Volunteer management, volunteer recruitment and volunteer recognition more ideas for you!

Hi Everyone,

Here is another volunteer recruitment idea for you on:

VOLUNTEERING BARRIERS AND ISSUES ABOUT FORM FILLERS IN RECRUITMENT

The previous volunteer management blog talked about using forms to select volunteers and how you might just be choosing the best form fillers as volunteers.

If you missed this volunteer recruitment idea you can read it by going to the end and click on the previous blog post to find out more.

This week I promised to give a very interesting way to find out whether you are only choosing the best FORM FILLERS as your volunteers or not.

Here’s my bright idea – TEST IT. Yes, TEST IT!

DON’T ASSUME – FIND OUT BY TESTING THIS VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT METHOD

If you use forms as your main selection process, then test whether they are a useful selection tool. For the next six months have half of the volunteer applicants fill out your forms. Then for the other half of volunteer applicants do NOT have them fill out your forms (other than basic demographic information and legal forms).

Then compare how the form fillers and non-form fillers go as volunteers. Which group contributes the most? Which group is retained the longest? As a volunteer manager, you can add more of your own comparison questions for this volunteer recruitment.

WHAT IF THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE?

If you find there is no difference, over time, between the two groups, then why would you continue to use forms as your main selection process?

Next post we will share an idea with you about interviews and volunteer recruitment and selection.

You can get hundreds more ideas on volunteer recruitment, volunteer retention and volunteer recognition in the books right now.

Enjoy!

Judy

Dr Judy Esmond
An International Expert on Volunteering

P.S. Do let others know that they can also get these quick tips by signing up at the more volunteers website.

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Volunteer Management and Volunteer Form Fillers

by Judy Esmond on

Volunteer Management, Volunteer Recruitment and Volunteer Recognition Ideas.

Hi Everyone,

Here’s another idea for you on:

VOLUNTEERING BARRIERS AND FORMS – WHO IS BEST AT FILLING IN THOSE FORMS?

In the last volunteer management blog post I talked about forms being barriers to volunteering. If you missed the idea you can read it on by going below and clicking on “previous blog post”.

We’ve now received lots of emails from members explaining how important these forms are in their own volunteer selection process. Here’s part of an email from Helen (name changed):

“We have a selection form with lots of questions that prospective volunteers have to answer. This form helps us decide if people are suitable to then become volunteers“.

DO THE BEST FORM FILLERS WIN?

Great idea Helen! But I have two questions to be considered. When we use forms as our only selection process are we just selecting those people that are better at filling out the forms?

Are we creating barriers for potential volunteers who aren’t good at filling out forms?

Now because this is a quick read idea I’ll leave you to ponder these two questions. And next week I’ll give you a very interesting way to find out whether you are only choosing the best FORM FILLERS as your volunteers. Worth thinking about.

You can get hundreds more ideas on volunteer recruitment, volunteer retention and volunteer recognition in these volunteer management books.

ONE QUOTE FOR YOU

Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions – Oliver Wendell Holmes

From the book Count Me in! 501 Ideas on Recruiting Volunteers.

Enjoy!

Judy

Dr Judy Esmond
An International Expert on Volunteering

P.S. Do let others know that they can also get these quick tips by signing up either at our more volunteers website.

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