1. Finders, Keepers: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Staff

2. Step One: Update Your Publicity Materials

3. Step Two: Contact Your Previous Staff

4. Step Three: Seek Out Your Staffers Who Came from Other Camps

5. Step Four: Contact References on File for New Leads

6. Step Five: Recruit the References

7. Step Six: Make the College Connection

8. Step Seven: Contact National Service Fraternities

9. Step Eight: Contact Volunteer Organizations

10. Step Nine: Become Involved in Youth Pastor Networks

11. Step Ten: Hold a Staff Reunion

12. Step Eleven: Go to “the Source” for Specialized Staff

13. Step Twelve: Contact Local Churches

14. Step Thirteen: Recruit from Groups that Use Camp in the Off-Season

15. Step Fourteen: Sponsor Training Events at Your Site

16. Step Fifteen: Offer Your Site to Local Colleges

17. Step Sixteen: Offer Leadership Staff as Guest Speakers

18. Step Seventeen: Update Your Website to Include a Staff Section

25. Step Eighteen: Offer PreSeason Training

26. Step Nineteen: Seek Out Gifted and Talented Programs

27. Step Twenty: Reach Out to Your Camp’s Contact People

28. Step Twenty-One: Interview Your Best Staffers from Last Summer

29. What made you finally say yes to working at our camp? What was the deciding factor?

30. What lesson did you learn at camp that you could apply to the rest of your life?

31. What is your single best memory of camp?

32. Step Twenty-Two: Design a Junior Staff Experience

34. Step Twenty-Three: Provide Feedback to Rejected Applicants

35. Step Twenty-Four: Offer a Work-Study Option

36. Step Twenty-Five: Offer Training to Day Camp Staffs

37. Step Twenty-Six: Create Traditions

39. Step Twenty-Seven: Invest in Training

40. Step Twenty-Eight: Go to Where the Kids Are

41. Step Twenty-Nine: Deliver It to Their InBox

42. Step Thirty: Find Yourself

45. Step Thirty-One: Keep in Touch

49. Step Thirty-Two: Train Them All Year Long

50. Step Thirty-Three: Entertain Them

51. Step Thirty-Four: Celebrate Them

52. Step Thirty-Five: Apprentice Them

53. Step Thirty-Six: Begin New Traditions

54. Step Thirty-Seven: Ask the Staff

55. Step Thirty-Eight: Set High Standards

56. Step Thirty-Nine: Get Out of Your Office

57. Step Forty: Be the Difference.

58. Keith Schoch [email_address] [email_address]