2011 Regional Meetings – St Louis
Updated 2012Volunteer Recruitment System
Gary Blauth – ADS
Pat DiFilippo – PVS
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Volunteer Recruitment System – The old way
Local Leader Local referral of a potential volunteer
Viable candidate?
Invite to training
Reject
Passed test?
Approved-CFCertified- Counselor
No
No
Yes
Yes
Inform ADS of Name, Address,
Phone, Email Supervisor, Assignment
Client Facilitator?
No
Yes
Referral from national
marketing
Inform Supervisor of Vol. ID
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Volunteer Recruitment System – the improved new way
Why?To allow management to be aware of recruiting activity and training success
To provide DCs with additional information about prospective volunteer experiences and qualifications
To allow leaders to refer potential volunteers to better matched supervisors
To provide correct data entry by prospective volunteers
To reduce the clerical workload of DCs & ADSs
Marketing – to evaluate the sources of potential volunteers
Training – to be aware of when in the training process potential volunteers are determined no longer to be viable for an assignment
Ethical/Moral qualification – to determine the extent to which potential volunteers fail to become volunteers owing to an unacceptable criminal background or failure to agree to Standards of Conduct.
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2. System sends auto
E-mail to PVS
Processing Prospects – the new way
Volunteer Portal
AARP.org Prospect Volunteer Form
4. System sends
auto e-mail to DC for assignment
1a. Prospect submits application online
6. System sends auto E-
mail to prospect
3. PVS routes the prospect to DC
1b. PVS/SC/ADS/DC Add Prospect in Portal/VMIS
PVS
Prospect
Locally Recruited Prospect 5. DC reviews
application, interviews the prospect and change status to
“Approve”, “Reject”, or “On Hold”
DC
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Volunteer Portal
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VMIS
ProspectRecords
8. ADS process “Approved” prospect to volunteer with
“Process Prospect” in VMIS
7. DC reports certified new
volunteers to ADS via e-mail(DC must have set status to
“Approved”)
*PVS/SC/ADS/DC can monitor statuses in “Display Activity Summary” within the Portal
ADS
VMIS
PVS
DC
DCs have the option to appoint an AC as a designate with full data and reporting access.
Processing Prospects – the new way
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Issue: Prospect Status – Training/Supervision
Prospect statuses are not regularly updated Only 36 % of new volunteers used the Volunteer
Recruitment System – demographic data not collected Conclusion: Much improved training is needed! Conclusion: System needs a state supervisor
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36% of
new vols.
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Assigns Prospective Volunteers introduced through the Volunteer Recruitment system to a district leader for possible Tax-Aide assignment.
Receives volunteer referrals from other than the Volunteer Recruitment System, and depending on state preferences, contacts candidates to describe available
volunteer opportunities and next steps, including providing the volunteer application web address at aarp.org.
Serves as the liaison to district leaders, including reassigning prospects to another district or referring the prospective volunteer to the state coordinator, as
appropriate
Periodically reviews, and reports, the status of the evaluation process for each prospective volunteer reporting monthly to the State Coordinator any Pending status more than 30 days old.
The Prospective Volunteer Specialist is responsible for training all leaders on the use of the Volunteer Recruitment System. (Nat Ops creates training)
The Prospective Volunteer Specialist & Administration Specialist, will make improvement suggestions to the State Coordinator
The Prospective Volunteer Specialist (PVS) (Formerly PVC)
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Improvements for 2012
Email messages have been changed to make the system more user-friendly in the field with assistance from a diverse focus group. (Done)
The AARP Tax-Aide web site is easier to find, www.aarp.org/taxaide
Key word (AARP Tax-Aide, Volunteer Tax-Aide, etc) search using Google work well (Done)
Review Prospects screen display improvements (Done)
Administrative coordinator (AC) will have access to supervisor, DC data (Done)
PVS Access to VMIS Recruitment Reports (Done)
Simplified AARP.org application form consolidated into a single registration document (Done)
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More Improvements for 2012
Activity Summary update (October 2011)
DCs allowed to change any status even after Reject and Accepted statuses are selected. (October 2011)
Expanded Prospective Volunteer status codes with on-line definitions to clarify their meaning (October 2011)
VMIS changes for new Status Code (October 2011)
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Status Codes (Red: New/Revised)
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Submitted (Pending): means that an application has been received but no contact or action has yet been taken.
Routed to DC (Pending approval from DC): means the application has been routed to a DC but no contact or action has yet been taken.
DC Evaluating (In Progress): means that the application has been received by a decision maker and contact or a decision is in progress although no decision has yet been made.
Approve: means that the prospective volunteer has been approved to be scheduled for training.
No Match (Reject): means the prospective volunteer appears not to be a good fit for the AARP Tax-Aide program and the application has been rejected.
On Hold: means that the applicant may be suitable to become a Tax-Aide volunteer at a later date.
Unqualified: means that the prospective volunteer has not passed the Ethics Qualification Test or has not signed the Volunteer Standards of Conduct.
Accepted: means that the prospective volunteer has passed the Ethics Qualification Test, and has signed the Volunteer Standards of Conduct.
Duplicate: means that prospective volunteer has submitted more than one application to become a Tax-Aide volunteer.
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Prospective Volunteer Recruitment System – DCs ViewReview Prospective Volunteer (October Release)
DC determines next steps
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