Mentors:
How to Hire ‘Em,
How to Fire ‘Em!
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2014 FIRST Conference
Kathie Kentfield
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Treat your team like a business
Identify who will be handling the HR activities
Develop a hiring process
The interview
How to Hire ‘Em!
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Treat your team like a business
How to Hire ‘Em!
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Who will be on the Human Resources
committee?
How to Hire ‘Em!
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Develop a hiring process
How to Hire ‘Em!
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The Interview
How to Hire ‘Em!
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Extend offer!
How to Hire ‘Em!
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Recognize when things are not going well
How to Fire ‘Em!
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Terminate or Tolerate?
How to Fire ‘Em!
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Issues that create problems
How to Fire ‘Em!
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Before terminating…
How to Fire ‘Em!
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Other options
How to Fire ‘Em!
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Conducting the Firing Meeting
How to Fire ‘Em!
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Take the time to plan
Mentors:
How to Hire ‘Em, How to Fire ‘Em!
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Resources
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FIRST Youth Protection Policy
Programhttp://www3.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFi
les/About_Us/FIRST-YPP-ProgramGuide.pdf
FIRST Mentor and Coach Resources
http://www3.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/coachesmentors
McCurley, Steve and Sue Vinyard. 1998. Handling problem
volunteers, Heritage Arts Publising. Downers Grove, IL
pp.41-52
Terminate or Tolerate? Judy M. Groff.
http://srdc.msstate.edu/trainings/presentations_archive/2003/2
003_mm_groff.ppt
Interviewing and Selecting Volunteers and What to Do With
Them Once You Have Them
http://www.petfinder.com/pro/for-shelters/interviewingselecting-volunteers
How to Fire a Volunteer and Live to Tell About It. McCurley,
Steve. Grapevine, Jan/Feb 1993