{"id":3578,"date":"2017-09-11T03:13:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=3578"},"modified":"2017-09-11T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T14:50:14","slug":"receptionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/09\/receptionist\/","title":{"rendered":"I won&#8217;t help you recruit a receptionist\/volunteer coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1186\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"graphic by Jayne Cravens representing volunteers\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>Recently, I got asked if I would share a job opening at a PDX (Portland, Oregon)-area\u00a0nonprofit. It was for a receptionist \/ volunteer coordinator. I responded:<\/p>\n<p><em>I actually have a policy not to promote receptionist\/volunteer coordinator jobs. Sorry. It&#8217;s a matter of my perspective about the importance of both positions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t the first time I had to tell someone this.<\/p>\n<p>I will not promote receptionist \/ volunteer coordinator jobs. I will not promote receptionist \/\u00a0donor manager jobs, receptionist \/ marketing manager jobs, nor receptionist \/\u00a0legal council jobs. Not that I have ever seen those last three jobs advertised. Because such a combination of jobs would be preposterous. Just as\u00a0preposterous as combining receptionist and volunteer coordinator, or volunteer manager, or director of volunteer services into one position.<\/p>\n<p>I could write a long blog about why but, honestly, if you don&#8217;t get it, I just don&#8217;t have the time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/05\/31\/laborlaws\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Resources re: labor laws and volunteering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/04\/26\/requiredtovolunteer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Requirements to volunteer are getting out of hand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/03\/09\/nurses\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Involving volunteers: a cop out for paying staff?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/01\/24\/volunteer-managers-you-are-not-psychic\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">volunteer managers: you are NOT psychic!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2016\/05\/24\/volunteervalue\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Deriding the monetary value of volunteer hours: my mission in life?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/volunteer\/value.shtml\">The Value of volunteers<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a web page to help you understand how to appropriately talk about the value of volunteers at your organization.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/volunteer\/antivolunteer.shtml\">Initiatives opposed to some or all volunteering (unpaid work), &amp; online &amp; print articles about or addressing controversies regarding volunteers replacing paid staff<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a page I developed when someone told me there was no opposition to volunteer engagement because of job loss and \u201cmoney saved\u201d (obviously, that person was wrong)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2016\/01\/22\/volunteeringforuni\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Make volunteering transformative, not about # of hours<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a blog from earlier this year that illustrates how to talk about the value of volunteers in a much more powerful way (and one that keeps getting retweeted! Thank you!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2015\/10\/06\/valuingvols\/\">Valuing volunteer engagement: an imaginary case study<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 an attempt to show, in the simplest way possible, why talking about volunteer value primarily in terms of monetary value insults volunteers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2014\/12\/16\/cncs\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">CNCS continues its old-fashioned measurement of volunteer value<\/a>, a blog from 2014 \u2013 and, no, CNCS nor the Points of Light Foundation responded.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2015\/12\/17\/trailvolunteers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">OPB &amp; Congress Think Volunteers are Free<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 how the Independent Sector way of thinking influences the press (and a petition for you to sign to help fund resources for volunteer management on public lands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I got asked if I would share a job opening at a PDX (Portland, Oregon)-area\u00a0nonprofit. 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