1. Recruitment Strategies

2. Challenges Why don’t we get more people to run for elections?

3. Benefits Why do YOU volunteer? What has kept you volunteering year after year?

4. Potential Candidates What type of volunteer are we looking for?

5. Identifying Candidates How do we identify potential candidates?

6. Incentives/Rewards How do we motivate potential candidates to run? What incentives or rewards could be offered to our volunteers?

7. Recruitment Practices Filene Research Institute

8. Recruitment Practices Strategies in place to ensure diversity of new board members Nomination committee works year around identifying a wide variety of potential candidates

9. Recruitment Strategies Filene Research Institute

10. Recruitment Strategies 1.Networking with personal contacts, business associates or credit union members

11. Recruitment Strategies 2.Rely on existing committee (i.e. supervisory committee member) or associate/assistant non-voting board member

12. Recruitment Strategies 3.Publicize board opening in newsletter, website or through flyers and postings within credit union

13. Recruitment Strategies 4.Nominating committee is instrumental in securing good board members

14. Recruitment Strategies 4.Determine needs of the board (i.e. skills, knowledge, representation) and then candidates are sought to fill those needs

15. Additional Recruitment Strategies

16. Get organized –Document the opportunities to participate in running the credit union including the various positions and committees with job descriptions Publicize –Publicize it for the membership

17. Additional Recruitment Strategies Offer flexibility –Start by asking people to take on something small Promote the benefits –Resume experience –Financial management and knowledge –Training –Social events

18. Our Recruitment Practices