Very poorly thought out recruitment ideas

[Smarch 3,196]

Recruitment ideas

 

 

I would likely to start off the article with a disclaimer, as I don’t have any idea what recruiting avenues the league has looked into over the last year, so some of these ideas might already been in process or proven to not work.

 

Recruiting on podcasts: 

 

Podcasting is the hot thing right now instead of your traditional radio, with hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available that hit every topic in the world. An idea that I thought of would be looking up the sports podcasts around the world and reach out to see if we could hop aboard a podcast that has a decent amount of followers. Now podcasts like splitting chiclets or the Steve Dangle podcast might be outside out reach financially, something along the lines of a fast browsing podcast such as Tales with TR, might still be cheap enough to hop on board for a few advertisements throughout the hockey season and possible one in the off-season to catch those maybe with some hockey FOMO. Outside of recruiting with advertising on already established podcasts, the league should look into getting a crew together to start a weekly professional podcast discussing all things VHL, with the thought of getting the postcard noticed around the hockey world. Now of course that would take time and dedication, but this might also open up additional jobs for those around the league looking to get more involved in recruiting. 

 

Thaw next ideas are in my opinion recruitment related as with recruitment should also come retention, as a GM or member shouldn’t be held responsible for making the VHL a desired place after you sign up and create a player 

 

Retention:

 

GMs of the VHLM and VHLE need to be held more accountable for helping with retention. They are paid a fairly decent salary in TPE, and in my opinion need to be the most active people in the teams discord locker rooms. I understand not every team is expected to compete year in and year out, but from my personal experience now twice in the league with this situation, it’s tough to put time and effort into something that you don’t get much out of to log in each day to silence in the locker room especially if your team is also doing poorly. Now I’m sure GMs are doing they best they can, but previously moderators and commissioners were able to view team locker rooms and if they still can, can help out with this task of checking in on players on teams that have inactive locker rooms. I could imagine being a new player trying to make your way in the league with no discussions in your locker room. Also if the moderators and commissioners can see a lack of effort being put forward by a GM, they need to get more involved well before the person just goes inactive. Now I understand life happens, but that’s a poor excuse for not pulling your weight when you are paid to run a team in the league. 

 

VHL hype team: 

 

Yea, you read that right, I fully believe the league needs to hire members similar to VSN employees, but this crews job is to hype up players in media spots or signatures each week. Old members and new members love seeing and reading about their players, but of course most players that aren’t leading the league in something or a member that loves to talk in discord and on the forum don’t see themselves in signature and media spots often. My suggestion here is to have as many people as necessary 4-5, and focus on a draft season each week. One week look at those in their final seasons, next week look at those who are not yet drafted into the VHL. Hopefully those putting forward an effort each week, if their player is doing well or not, the hype team can help people stay engaged in the league. 
 

Claiming capped TPE week of November 27th 

Edited November 21, 2023 by Smarch

[Kisslinger 376]

Review: 9/10 

 

Great article and great topics covered, i really think the VHL hype team idea could be the start of something truly great. I like that you have a photo, a title. Punctuation is well done and i found it super easy to follow and understand what you were trying to say. Holding gm’s accountable is a good idea as well. 
 

for future media spots the only improvement would be to underline all titles, only the VHL hype team one was and it caught my attention the most! 
 

hopefully one of your ideas can help change the league for the better!!