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Recruitment toolkits

Organising and recruitment work builds the capacity of your branch. A coordinated effort to increase membership density through recruitment and retention will pay off in every area of the union's activity.

This increase in membership and membership involvement will bring an improved ability to identify workplace concerns, greater credibility with management and will contribute to the development of new activists.

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Branch recruitment support pack

The UCU recruitment calendar lists the things that are happening nationally and what you could be doing locally to support the campaign.

Inductions

We have created a set of draft Powerpoint presentations for reps to use in induction meetings with new staff:

 

See also our range of recruitment posters, leaflets and promotional items for download or order.

Fundamentals

Guides

Below are a series of short guides to help you develop and implement a successful recruitment strategy.

Putting together a recruitment strategy

Organising and recruitment work builds the capacity of your branch. A coordinated effort to increase membership density through recruitment and retention will pay off in every area of the union's activity.

Recruitment campaign checklist

Make recruitment a priority

Ensuring recruitment of new staff - a checklist

Every new employee should get some information about the UCU and a personal contact.

Workplace mapping

Workplace mapping is one of the most effective ways of examining the strength and weaknesses of your branch. How long is it since you took a really close look at the level of UCU organisation in your institution? Can you be confident that everyone who might join UCU has been asked and everyone who might be prepared to take on some responsibility, however small, has been given the opportunity?

Recruitment conversations

The single most common answer people give when asked why they are not part of the union is 'no one asked me'.

Running recruitment stalls

Stalls are a great way to meet potential members and members who want to be more involved, and so increase membership and, vitally, attract new activists. Stalls also raise our profile and show that we are an active union.