Recruitment is the process of attracting new volunteers to sport clubs and organisations. Personal contact with potential volunteers, whether through friends, family or individuals already involved in an organisation are amongst the most frequently cited ways that volunteers first become involved in voluntary work.

Clearly people need to be asked to volunteer if an organisation is going to be successful in recruiting volunteers. Once asked, the recruitment process should provide potential volunteers with a realistic preview of what a job entails. When recruiting volunteers, it is important to emphasise the benefits for volunteers rather than the needs of the organisation. Volunteers need to feel valued by sporting organisations and not feel as though they are being recruited to fill a position that no-one else wanted. This module aims to:

• introduce the human resource management approach to managing volunteers in sport
• develop an awareness of valuing volunteers' diversity, motives and roles
• provide an understanding of the processes of human resource planning, recruitment, selection and orientation.

• Recruiting Volunteers ( PDF - 105.5 kb)

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