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Kiwanis (USA)
Book offers progressive recruitment tips for clubs in a changing world

Did you know that only one-third of the workforce still works the "standard" hours of 9 to 5, Monday to Friday? Or that the fastest growing group in the workforce is self-employed, home-based professionals? Or that the trend of having a job for life is moving toward having several careers over a working life?

The workplace is changing, and organizations such as Kiwanis must keep up with the changes when recruiting volunteers. That's just some of the advice found in the new book Count Me In! 501 Ideas on Recruiting Volunteers by Australian lecturer and volunteer expert Judy Esmond.

An easy read, the book offers hundreds of fresh, one-paragraph concepts, grouped by topic, on such items as targeting the best volunteers, gaining free publicity, avoiding recruitment mistakes, setting goals, increasing cultural diversity, dealing with a time-strapped society, and inspiring club members.

Kiwanis (USA)