12 Tips for Successful LCS Agency Placement

The following tips outline the basic LCS member agency placement procedure.

1. Check current service project description listings by reviewing the current year participating agency information on the website.
2. Complete new hire employment forms and submit the paperwork to the LCS advisor.
3. Attend the "Agency Mixer" to meet the agencies.
4. While reviewing the service listings, think about what you would like to accomplish with your service hours. Consider transportation restrictions or class schedule issues when reviewing your agency options.
5. Following the "Agency Mixer", call the agency contact person and explain that you are in LCS and would like to discuss placement for the supplied position and service description.
6. Set-up a time that you can visit and interview with your potential supervisor.
7. Take a tour of the agency while you are visiting the supervisor and ask any questions that you may have about how things work, their policies, and expectations of you.
8. Bring a copy of the service project description with you while visiting the agency, so that you can ask specific questions about what you will be doing for the agency or to clarify what the tasks are.
9. Bring your resume if you have completed one or a portfolio or sample work if it relates to the service description area or the type of service you expect to perform at the agency.
10. Once you and the agency have agreed on your placement, contact the LCS Advisor to inform them of the placement and start date.
11. Remember to always act professionally and appropriately at all times while performing service hours because you are representing LCS and Missouri State University, as well as your agency.
12. Have fun and learn!!!