Recruitment Programs

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Originally Posted by EE-BO

Hey all,

I am now working with my chapter to help them derive a more formally documented recruitment process. I would be eager to hear what other chapters are doing and how that is going.

I figure in addition to a calendar of scheduled events, we should have some kind of benchmarks along the way as summer events take place with goals for numbers of committed pledges and top prospects.

Any further thoughts on those 2 items or additional aspects of a documented program would be very welcome!

Also, how involved are your advisors in recruitment? I would like to help them set up a game plan and track goals, but otherwise I really feel like recruitment is up the actives. I am reluctant to get into the decision making process in any way.

The only advice I could give is that you should be careful with setting goals of committed pledges. It should be about finding quality, and not quantity. Falling short of a goal can be disheartening to many within the chapter, especially if it happens over a series of occasions. Secondly goals encourage members to vote for those less in quality in order to meet quota and get the most pledges, etc...