Workforce Planning

Have you noticed there is a change in the way people want to be engaged?

Traditional envelope-stuffing, door-knocking, database entry-type volunteers are harder and harder to find. Younger generations are increasingly interested in the personal benefits from their volunteer roles. The "Zoomers" have a lifetime of experience, and will not spend time working only with their hands. They want to use the significant knowledge in their heads to really move organizational missions forward.

All of these "next" volunteers are very passionate about many causes - and they are not finding ways to be appropriately engaged. It is often a frustrating experience for them to volunteer in community organizations. We must understand they are not completely altruistic. They do want to be paid — with an opportunity to really make a difference, to meet new people, to use the talent they have, to know the community valued their time AND talent. Yet a headline in the Vancouver Sun from a recent study released by Volunteer Canada stated two-thirds of volunteers had a "negative experience". Wow! So what now?

At Vantage Point we feel it is important to tackle this phenomenon.

Click here to read the rest of the original article, published in Charity Village.