NEW OPPORTUNITIES THE JOB OFFERS FOR DEFENSE SERVICE The membership committee has new opportunities for service today. They include opportunities: a. To increase civilian morale by giving defense jobs to people who are eager to have a part in the victory program. b. To increase the effectiveness of volunteer service for defense by improving their own techniques of selection and placement (putting the round pegs in the round holes), and by cooperating with other agencies in improving their personnel methods. c. To increase the number of persons in defense by informing such agencies as the Volunteer Offices of Civilian Defense (see pages 33 and 35) of the opportunities for defense service on the local Girl Scout council and its committees. d. To increase the sum total of defense aid by placing people with leadership ability in jobs where they can be instrumental in putting other people to work for defense. e. To increase the effectiveness of the defense service of the Girl Scout organization by improving the quality of its personnel in every department, and securing enough people to do all that is needed. f. To find among newcomers in the community person who have already had a Girl Scout experience. THE PART THE COMMUNITY CAN PLAY Since the job of the membership committee is majorly that of finding the right volunteer for council and committee jobs in Girl Scouting, the community can help by informing persons willing to volunteer their services about these jobs. The Civilian Defense Volunteer Offices can help by bringing these jobs to the attention of those who come to their offices for information concerning defense services. USE THIS SPACE TO LIST YOUR SPECIFIC LOCAL NEEDS. 30 How to Volunteer Your Services in the Girl Scout Organization 1. Read over carefully in this booklet the list of opportunities for defense service Girl Scouting offers to adult volunteers. 2. Decide which job not only appeals to you most, but to which you can make the greatest contribution. 3. Telephone, visit, or write to the local Girl Scout headquarters in your community. If there is none, telephone the person to whom you will be referred in the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, and make an appointment. 4. In your interview with the local Girl Scout representative: a. Be definite about the one or two jobs you would like to do. b. Make clear your qualifications for the jobs you would like to do. c. State the amount of time you can give. d. Be sure you give any special restrictions as to days of the week, time of day, part of the city, that might affect your work. 5. Find out from Girl Scout representative: a. When work would begin. b. Where and when training might be secured. c. What ready materials you may need. d. What people doing the same work you might interview. 31