1. { Mentors: How to Hire ‘Em, How to Fire ‘Em! 2014 FIRST Conference Kathie Kentfield

2.  Treat your team like a business  Identify who will be handling the HR activities  Develop a hiring process  The interview How to Hire ‘Em!

3.  Treat your team like a business How to Hire ‘Em!

4.  Who will be on the Human Resources committee? How to Hire ‘Em!

5.  Develop a hiring process How to Hire ‘Em!

6.  The Interview How to Hire ‘Em!

7.  Extend offer! How to Hire ‘Em!

8.  Recognize when things are not going well How to Fire ‘Em!

9.  Terminate or Tolerate? How to Fire ‘Em!

10.  Issues that create problems How to Fire ‘Em!

11.  Before terminating… How to Fire ‘Em!

12.  Other options How to Fire ‘Em!

13.  Conducting the Firing Meeting How to Fire ‘Em!

14.  Take the time to plan Mentors: How to Hire ‘Em, How to Fire ‘Em!

15.  Resources  FIRST Youth Protection Policy Programhttp://www3.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFi les/About_Us/FIRST-YPP-ProgramGuide.pdf  FIRST Mentor and Coach Resources http://www3.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/coachesmentors  McCurley, Steve and Sue Vinyard. 1998. Handling problem volunteers, Heritage Arts Publising. Downers Grove, IL pp.41-52  Terminate or Tolerate? Judy M. Groff. http://srdc.msstate.edu/trainings/presentations_archive/2003/2 003_mm_groff.ppt  Interviewing and Selecting Volunteers and What to Do With Them Once You Have Them http://www.petfinder.com/pro/for-shelters/interviewing- selecting-volunteers  How to Fire a Volunteer and Live to Tell About It. McCurley, Steve. Grapevine, Jan/Feb 1993