Time Spent by Paid Staff in Volunteer Administration Helps Address Recruiting Problems. Recruiting volunteers with the right kinds of skills is a big problem for 18 percent and a small problem for 44 percent of charities. However, the greater the percentage of time a paid staff person spends on volunteer administration, the less likely a charity is to report problems with recruiting. Charities with Recruiting Challenges More Likely to Try a Range of Recruiting Methods. We asked charities if they recruit volunteers by speaking before groups, by Internet, by printed materials, by special events, or by several other popular methods. We learned that organizations that say they have challenges in recruiting volunteers are the.
