VISTA Recruitment

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VISTA Recruitment

By the end of this session, you will be able to: Articulate what makes an effective VISTA

recruitment strategy Locate your place within the VISTA

Recruitment Cycle Identify recruitment resources for each stage

on the VISTA Campus Devise a plan for completing tasks within your

current recruitment stage

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Explore VISTA Opportunities on My AmeriCorps

① Navigate to the advanced listing search page for My AmeriCorps at: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/publicRequestSearch.do

② Search for listings for VISTAs in your city or state.

③ Review recruitment listings in your city or state.

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My AmeriCorps Exploration Debrief Questions

1. What did you find most valuable about this activity and why?

2. What type of language or format caught your eye?

3. What elements did you see repeated across postings?

4. What do you plan to adopt or change based on what you saw?

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Stages of AmeriCorps VISTA Recruitment

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Recruitment Stations

①Plan

②Market

③Screen

④Interview

⑤Select

⑥Recruitment Team Training and Process Enhancement

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Recruitment Station Activities Directions

1. Refer to the Recruitment Checklist in your workbook for an overview of the activities for each stage.

2. Follow the instructions outlined in the individual station activities and the resources on the VISTA Campus to get a jump-start on some of your recruitment tasks.

3. Use the Recruitment - To Do List to begin outlining your next steps

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Recruitment Station Debrief Questions

What resource or advice from your station activity would your group recommend to the large group?

Name two immediate next steps based on your station activity.

What will you share with your sub-site supervisors or staff?

What questions does your group still have?