Jump In - Recruiting

One of the things we are looking to be better at next year is recruiting volunteers all year long. One way we plan to be more intentional in this area is through what we call "Jump In."

Jump In is a way to allow people who want to serve in Fellowship Kids to test drive a spot before they make a complete commitment. We hope this will allow two things to happen.

1. We will see an increase in volunteers since people can try it out with little pressure to commitment. This fights that old fear of getting sucked into a position you can never leave.

2. This will help us get the right people in the right spot. We have seen people in the past that begin serving in a role that  we realize later they are not suited for. It doesn't match their gifts and passions but they are too far into it to change. So they endure to the end of the year but can't wait to get out. Obviously, it is hard to re-recruit someone like this since their experience wasn't positive enough.

Here is the twist on how we need to see Jump In.

Past: Jump In is a way for you to try out serving in Fellowship Kids to see if it is right for you with no obligation to continue.

Future: Jump In is a way for you to try out serving in Fellowship Kids to see if you are right for it with no obligation for us to keep you.

We need to believe that in Fellowship kids we won't take just anyone. Good people are not enough, we only want great people!

 

Comments

[Nick Blevins]

I'd love to hear how this works out for you. We've seen a better turn out when we specifically let people know they can just "check things out".

[Rob Marks]

I will let you know. Creating a process that works well and then getting it out there will be the biggest challenges.

[Luann Keller]

It seems that each team should be formulated and list of duties given - then as you build the team you can see that each necessary trait is on the team and each duty is covered. We tend to gravitate to those with like gifts but might make a stronger team with those whose gifts complement our own rather than duplicate them.

[Rob]

Luann, I agree with you. One of the things I have found is that task driven people tend to attrack task driven people. This leaves out those who are relationally strong.