Recruitment year planner

September

• Check that your regional office has got an up-to-date staff list for your institution.Make sure your institution agrees to provide space for UCU at new staff induction events.
• Make sure you have copies of recruitment materials for new staff: order them from campaigns@ucu.org.uk.
• Nationally coordinated request for staff lists from employers.
• New recruitment pack of materials made available to all branches.

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.
• First nationally coordinated mailshot takes place.
• 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.
• Second nationally coordinated mailshot.

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.
• Third nationally coordinated mailshot.

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.

July

• Nationally coordinated request for staff lists from employers.
• New recruitment materials made available.

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