[Alt-sheff-organising-group] Potential new volunteer (PLEASE READ: Ta)

[Michael Cook]

Perhaps if they had to email you some answers to questions, that could test
their computer/typing skills?
If they're only testing links, then it needn't be too thorough of a test,
any old person *should* be able to manage it :P

M

On 7 January 2015 at 07:12, Alt-Sheff Collective <contact at alt-sheff.org>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Someone emailed with a few notes about links on the website not working,
> so I replied to say thanks and apologies our "Links" page needs a bit of
> work to update it - and he then said he could volunteer to help on this.
> Trev is already planning to tackle this, but it's a big job, so help could
> be good.
>
> My thoughts are:
>
> 1. I haven't got any spare time at the moment; would one or two people
> like to meet him and see if this will work? We should get back to him
> within a few days...
>
> 2. We should try HARD NOT to have someone get involved and then prove to
> be bad news. I'm not just defending my 'territory' here, I really want to
> get more people working on the website's content. But I am worried about
> getting someone not proficient, maybe who can't do 'plain English' so all
> their work needs checking which might cause bad feeling. Or at the worst
> extreme they could be odd/weird/argumentative people, or even infiltrators
> - Police or whatever (don't laugh, I know I'm paranoid, but still it does
> happen).
>
> 3. I suggest the way round this is to have a recruitment process; this
> means:
> (a) Make it clear that there is a selection process: they DON'T
> automatically 'get the job' just because they have volunteered.
> (b) Ask the potential recruit to fill in a form -
> name/details/experience/why they want to help/and ask for references, etc.
> (c) If this looks OK, then agree a time to meet, informal interview, (not
> in a pub or busy cafe) include some kind of test of their skill in English,
> in computer use if possible, understanding of Alt-Sheff and assessment of
> their motivation/politics, etc.
> (d) Contact the referees
> (e) Yes/No Decision by the sub-group involved
> (f) Induction session/s
>
> We have got a job description and person specification drafted - I will
> attach a copy here.
>
> Loads of best practice in recruitment procedures is online, I may have
> missed one or two things in the above list.
>
> Any thoughts / offers to go ahead with this, please?
>
> Thanks a lot
> Jonathan
>
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