Getting Ready for Sorority Recruitment

Tomorrow I’m going to an Ice Cream Social at the local Sigma Kappa Sorority chapter. I will be meeting the new member I have volunteered to mentor as an “Alum Chum.” She joined this sorority following the most recent recruitment week at the University of Washington.

It has been a long time since I was part of sorority recruitment, but in some ways that experience helped prepare me for my technical recruiter career.  My job entails work with senior level hiring managers and teams at a Fortune 100 company in the Seattle area.

A while ago, I realized something about the Greek alumnae who are interviewing or making important hiring decisions. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sorority members seek many qualities in new sisters, but being able to win a staring contest isn’t one of them.  Knowing how to ask good questions is.

The sorority women you meet during sorority recruitment are as nervous as you when it’s time for that first recruitment event.  They have spent weeks, even months learning communication etiquette and reviewing relevant facts about their organizations – with the goal of getting you to join.

Because you haven’t had all that training, we give you these simple tips on making those introductory conversations shine. Read the rest of this entry »

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