Recruitment year planner

September

• Ask HR if you can have a staff list to send a recruitment message to all staff or, if not, new starters. If not, ask HR to send out the message on your behalf. Make sure your institution agrees to provide space for UCU at new staff induction events and include information about UCU in induction packs.
• Make sure you have promotional and recruitment materials. Order them from here: UCU - Raising UCU's profile

October

• Make sure someone from your branch attends new staff inductions.
• Ensure that your reps have up-to-date lists of members and are encouraged to visit non- members in their departments.
• Map your members, potential members and reps and develop a plan and a team of reps willing to visit potential members.
• Make sure recruitment is a standing item in your branch committee meetings.
• Get advice and support for local recruitment planning from your regional office and from the national campaigns team.

November

• Ensure that you write to new joiners and update your institution map.

December

• Review your branch's recruitment activities and develop programme for the Spring term.
• Order re-stocks of materials.
• Get advice and support for local recruitment planning from your regional office and from the national campaigns team

January

• Ensure that your reps have up-to-date lists of members and are encouraged to visit non- members in their departments.

February

• Continue supporting reps in visiting non-members.
• Hold at least one open meeting on a big popular subject.

March

• Ensure that you write to new joiners and update your institution map.

April

• Ensure that your reps have up-to-date lists of members and are encouraged to visit non- members in their departments.

May

• Write to all members asking them to pass on UCU recruitment materials to a colleague.

June

• Review the year's recruitment activity and develop plan for the new academic year.
• Get advice and support for local recruitment planning from your regional office and from the national campaigns team.