Nonprofit organizations often struggle with selecting and screening volunteers and placing them in the best possible positions. This practical resource, originally published by Stevenson, Inc., provides actionable tips and techniques to improve volunteer selection, screening, and placement.

The articles in this resource cover useful topics such as: recruitment procedures aimed at filling key volunteer positions, techniques for screening volunteers in advance, interviewing procedures, tips for checking references, how to conduct thorough background checks, how to decline a volunteer appointment with tact, advice on clarifying volunteer tasks before assigning them, steps for conducting volunteer evaluations.

Other topics include:



Background check rejection follow-up
Defining volunteer roles
Conducting the right check for the right position
Matching tools
Conducting volunteer interviews
Effective task delegation
Staff preparation
Consultant programs
Training and supervision
Agreements and policies
Special skills volunteers
Evaluation and assessment
Placement questionnaires
Volunteer satisfaction
Advocacy volunteers
Codes of conduct
Constituent safety

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