Weekly/daily considerations: the best days/hours to work (early mornings, nights, weekends) the best times to visit migratory families, schools, and employers which employers, farms, or growers to visit in the current week when to promote the program with community agencies when to be in the office to complete paperwork and follow up on leads how the work schedule can be changed when needed Monthly considerations: when to submit daily recruiter logs and other paperwork to the supervisor attending monthly recruiter meetings whether all schools, growers, employers, and farms have been contacted for the current month Annual considerations: the high recruitment seasons activities during low recruitment seasons when and how often training is conducted when professional development should be scheduled when to take vacations Locating Migratory Families and Youth To find local migratory farmworkers, I follow the port-a-john trucks to the fields and post flyers about the program on the inside of the doors. The recruiter’s research and the recruitment network should help identify when and where migratory families can be most easily found. Some common recruiting sites include work sites, schools, community organizations, and migratory families’ homes. Each of these recruiting sites is discussed below. Employer-based Recruitment To get my foot in the door when I visit a new employer, I bring along someone the employer knows and trusts.
Weekly/daily considerations: the best days/hours to work (early mornings, nights, weekends) the best times to visit migratory families, schools, and employers which employers, farms, or growers to visit in the current week when to promote the program with community agencies when to be in the office to complete paperwork and follow up on leads how the work schedule can be changed when needed Monthly considerations: when to submit daily recruiter logs and other paperwork to the supervisor attending monthly recruiter meetings whether all schools, growers, employers, and farms have been contacted for the current month Annual considerations: the high recruitment seasons activities during low recruitment seasons when and how often training is conducted when professional development should be scheduled when to take vacations Locating Migratory Families and Youth To find local migratory farmworkers, I follow the port-a-john trucks to the fields and post flyers about the program on the inside of the doors. The recruiter’s research and the recruitment network should help identify when and where migratory families can be most easily found. Some common recruiting sites include work sites, schools, community organizations, and migratory families’ homes. Each of these recruiting sites is discussed below. Employer-based Recruitment To get my foot in the door when I visit a new employer, I bring along someone the employer knows and trusts.