RECRUITMENT OF VISTAS How Can You Help?

WHERE ARE OUR SITES LOCATED?

RECRUITMENT  Timeline  In-Person  Electronic & Traditional Media  Websites

CAREER/JOB FAIRS ON RECRUITMENT CALENDAR Alma College – February 4 8 Students Michigan State University – February Students Michigan Pure Virtual Fair – February 11 5 Resumes Job Pursuit – February 13 Albion, Olivet, Madonna, Hope, Aquinas, Spring Arbor, Calvin, 22 Students Davenport University – March 12 Eastern Michigan Call to Serve – March 18 Ferris State – March 25

TIMELINE FOR RECRUITMENT HOST SITE: Help with recruitment Update VAD Interview candidates in a timely manner Evaluate and rank candidates and send to your MNA VISTA Leader. Forms can be found at: MNA : Contact potential candidates Post VAD on Americorps.gov Schedule 1 st interview Send appropriate candidate names to host site. Offer position to desired candidate

HELP US TO HELP YOU Are there any skills that you would like your VISTA to already have? What type of personality would best fit into your site’s culture? Let us know if you are looking for anything “special”. We will do the best we can to find the right candidate for your site.

IN-PERSON  Community events  Career or job fairs  College recruitment offices  Word of mouth to friends and family  Word of mouth to current or former VISTAs  Flyers posted in your community

ELECTRONIC & TRADITIONAL MEDIA  announcement to colleagues  announcement to similar organizations  Posting on your organization’s website  Twitter post  Facebook post  LinkedIn post  Ad in newspaper,  PSA on radio, TV  Ad or announcement in professional journals or newsletters

WEBSITES  VolunteerMatch.org  Craigslist  Idealist.org  Indeed.com  Change.org  OpportunityKnocks.org  Monster.com  HandsOn Network Local Action Center

MARKETING MATERIALS Recruitment Toolkit

CONTENTS OF TOOLKIT  Where To Recruit  Sample s and Social Media Posts  Full Page Flyer  Full Page Flyer with Tear-offs  Half Page Flyer  Eighth Page Flyer

SAMPLE TEASERS  Join a dedicated team of hard-working professionals and help to further develop and expand an in-school literacy tutoring program for at-risk youth in K-2nd grade. Visit:  Do you have an interest in researching housing for the homeless, providing food for the hungry or helping a humanitarian effort? If so, become an AmeriCorps VISTA. Visit: ;

PAPERWORK What is Needed

WHAT IS NEEDED?  MOU  VAD  Host Site Evaluation of Candidate  Candidate Ranking Form

Commitment to Meet Grant Requirement The site supervisor must actively assist in recruiting, screening, and interviewing candidates for the position in the organization should the host site receive funding the following year.

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