TIPS & TOOLS - How can you best manage young volunteers?
Excerpts from "Volunteer Connections: New Strategies for involving youth" Training Guide, Volunteer Canada

Youth look for certain features in a volunteer activity. It is important to incorporate these features into every step of the Volunteer Development Cycle. The cycle has the following steps:

Planning - Recruitment - Screening - Orientation & Training - Supervision - Recognition

There are eight main features that youth look for in a volunteer activity:
F lexibility
L egitimacy
E ase of access
eX perience
I ncentives
V ariety
O rganization
L aughs

The following chart shows when to ensure these features are present throughout the Cycle:

	Planning	Recruitment	Screening	Orientation & Training	Supervision & Evaluation	Recognition
F	x			x
L	x	x		x	x	x
E	x	x	x	x	x
X	x	x		x	x	x
I	x	x				x
V	x	x		x	x	x
O	x	x	x	x	x	x
L	x	x		x	x	x