As an administrator, you can move volunteers from a shift’s waitlist to the shift itself in several ways. Bloomerang recommends scheduling your waitlisted volunteers using your opportunity’s Schedule.
Schedule Waitlisted Volunteers Using the Schedule Screen
Bloomerang recommends using the Schedule screen to schedule your waitlisted volunteers. To schedule volunteers this way, do the following:
From your opportunity, click Schedule.
On the schedule, click the Scheduled Views drop-down list.
Select Scheduled Roles.
If the Volunteers on Waitlist (Names) column is not shown, click Select the Columns You Want to Display and Hide
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On the Show/Hide Columns screen, select the Volunteers on Waitlist (Names) column, then click Apply.
The Volunteers on Waitlist (Names) column shows all of the volunteers that are on the waitlist for each shift. To schedule a volunteer directly from this column, hover your mouse over their name and click Schedule Volunteer
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Schedule Waitlisted Volunteers Using the Shift Screen
The Shift screen also shows the shift’s waitlist. To schedule volunteers from the waitlist using the Shift screen, do the following:
From your opportunity, do one of the following:
Click Schedule
. On the schedule, click a shift to go to the Shift screen.
Click Roles & Qualifications
. On the roles list, click a role to select it.
On the Shift screen, select a role from the roles list.
In the Volunteers section, click the Waitlist tab to view the list of volunteers that are currently on the waitlist.
Click Actions next to the volunteer that you want to schedule.
Select Schedule Volunteer. The volunteer moves to the Scheduled tab.
To move the volunteer back to the waitlist, click the Schedule tab, click Actions next to the volunteer’s name, and select Move Scheduled Volunteer to Waitlist.