Australian Journal of Emergency Management: "A particularly useful book on recruiting volunteers, this is an excellent resource that brings together a number of key principles with realistic ideas associated with recruiting volunteers..." (read full review)

Emergency Services (USA): "Attracting and keeping volunteers is a perpetual challenge for organizations that rely on them. This is probably even truer for emergency care organizations. In addition to asking people to give away their "free" time, EMS asks people to risk big things. It's a risk to be "up close and personal" with bodily fluids. It's a risk to engage with strangers in their moments of greatest fear and anger. It's a risk to spend all that time in school to use important knowledge relatively infrequently." (read full review)

Divisions' Consumerspeak: "If you are finding it difficult to find people to participate in consumer activities such as your Divisions' Consumer Reference Group, focus groups etc. then I can highly recommend 'Count Me In! 501 Ideas on Recruiting Volunteers." (read full review)

The Swag: "As many parishes still run with the generous support of volunteers this handy book gives practical tools and methods that could really work in the ongoing task of finding volunteers and attracting new parishioners. " (read full review)

Kiwanis (USA): "Did you know that only one-third of the workforce still works the "standard" hours of 9 to 5, Monday to Friday? Or that the fastest growing group in the workforce is self-employed, home-based professionals? Or that the trend of having a job for life is moving toward having several careers over a working life?" (read full review)

Energize Inc (USA): "A fresh perspective from Down-Under! Australian lecturer Judy Esmond has compiled hundreds of tips and ah-ha! concepts designed to freshen the perspective of both new and experienced volunteer recruiters. Presented as a series of easy-to-read, one-paragraph ideas grouped by topic, you'll find how to save time and money by targeting the best volunteers, produce powerful written materials to get results, gain free publicity, discover new sources of potential volunteers, and avoid recruitment mistakes. Dip into any page for inspiration." (Susan Ellis, Energize Inc, Philadelphia)