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All great advice above.

Don't forget what you do for your family and friends, too. Anyone can join clubs. In the end, they can easily turn into a meaningless laundry list.

My god daughter, who had a great recruitment in an SEC school had a typical high achiever resume: clubs, sports, grades, but the most impressive item on her resume was the fact that she read the newspaper and the mail every day, day in and day out, since she was 10 or 11 to her father, who is legally blind. That spoke volumes about her character, her loyalty and her ability to be a fantastic sister.

Think about who you are and how you interact with people. Your life is more rich and unique than you realize.

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Originally Posted by Katmandu (Post 2133454)

Oh wow, that's amazing on her part. That's really sweet on her part.

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Originally Posted by DubaiSis (Post 2132556)

And the easy way to remember that is the "a part" you're looking for doesn't require the "a." Make a habit of saying you want to be part of something instead of a part of something and you won't make the mistake again.

As is always true, MelindaWarren is right. And your resume will change over time. As a 46 year old woman, if I put that I am a sorority member, worked at a summer camp in college and walked in The 3 Day on my resume it would be 82 pages long. You can start now by having a resume that has all that little stuff on it - it's important now - and then whittle that stuff back as it becomes less important in the big picture. And do yourself a favor. Date your resumes and don't overwrite them over and over again. Some day you'll want the information you had on a resume from a hundred years ago and won't remember. Same thing goes with boss'es phone numbers and addresses for the places you worked.

Thanks for the tip haha. I guess I've never paid attention to apart versus a part.

This is a great thread!!!

In actively preparing for SEC Recruitment for FALL 2013, we have been searching GC and other sites for examples of sorority recruitment resume FORMATS with little success.

We have seen only one, and wonder if there is flexibility in formatting such things such as ORDER (chronological, topical, etc...) and how to capture the details of each EA such as events, elected offices held, fundraising results, and the like.

Steering directions to good examples would be very much appreciated!!!

Contact your local alumnae Panhellenic. They will have examples. Or do a google search. I found a few easily this way. Or just take your HS resume that you probably made for your college admissions and tweak it.

ETA: I used to belong to HAPA, and here is an example of the social resume they provide http://www.houston-panhellenic.org/r...e_03032010.pdf

Thank you. I did find several examples by searching major counties near SEC schools and then searching through their Panhellenic Council sites.

DD will take a stab at adapting her high school "activity log" into a social resume format and then we will ask our Panhellenic Council contact if she would be kind enough to review it. I am confident that we will find helpful and supportive assistance there.

Thanks again. Watching the news videos of Bid Days this year has both DD and me quite enthused about next year's recruitment!

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Originally Posted by mom2ee (Post 2169468)

I am thinking it really doesn't matter. Yes, i have sour grapes. PNM I am involved with had valedictorian, started local nonprofit, volunteered for homeless shelter, involved in mentoring project on her resume, and still had multiple releases.. You need to sell yourself, you need to get noticed.. Not a 'headstand on a keg" kind of way..but have the girls notice you. Make them realize who you are and what an asset you would be to their chapter. Make them realize that releasing you would be the release of a Pledge class president/ future gamma chi/ president of chapter.

Yes, and the way you begin selling yourself is by starting on a level playing field if recs are a norm at the campus. Recs don't guarantee a bid, but failure to get them in will almost certainly result in being cut at those campuses. I wish your PNM the best with her college experience.

I have used this great little program to build my resume. This free software make creating a resume very easy.

The name is ... you guessed it, "Resume Builder". You can download it free at CNet. Just type in Resume Builder in the search box.

Hope this helps!

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Originally Posted by Texas20_12 (Post 2132298)

My friend and I were typing up our resumes to give to the women writing our recs for recruitment. I didn't think much of it until we printed off 1 copy each so my parents could proof read them and catch any possible mistakes. I look at hers and she's like the next Miss America. I look at mine and I'm like asdfghjkl *emotional breakdown*
I guess I shouldn't be surprised cause she comes from a strong Greek background from the south and she's going to TCU so she's basically been prepared her whole life I guess.

Me? oh no, I felt like a jerk. I feel slightly embarrassed to give the resumes to the rec writers lol I know these ladies personally from school LOL (fail) and church and my friends mom introduced me to a few alumna for recs. Is it best to explain my situation to them when I meet 1 on 1 to give them photos, resume & transcript? I assume playing ignorant won't benefit me

in my next life I'm going to be a little more well rounded geesh

EDIT: I'm not sure if this is good or not but I'm thinking terrible. The school I'm going to does deferred recruitment. Should I simply wait almost until the end of 1st semester before having recs sent? That way I could be more involved for a semester
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Even if you weren’t a National Merit Scholar or SGA President, you probably have a lot of activities and projects that you have participated in over the years that would be suitable to “flesh out” your resume. Your presentation may help maximize the impression your resume makes on those who write your recommendations, especially if they are not alums who have known you personally for years.

Follows is the recruitment resume layout by a PNM from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Her mother is a friend, and an active alum in her chapter there. I would regard her as competitive recruitment-savvy, so I thought this might be an example of a layout and potential categories to help spark some ideas for you (follows – pardon the layout and wording necessary to remove identifying info).

The packet I received to write her daughter’s letter of support was very similar to those I usually receive from girls requesting recommendations in my area for a competitive recruitment – just thought I would pass along how this “packet” is usually assembled (pardon my redundancy if this has been covered previously). I’m sure there are many other ways that this can be done – and I know PNMs with far less polished resumes who fare very well -- but I’m just sharing what I usually receive (I have only received a few via email). Where I am from, these resumes eventually find their way to the membership chairs along with the rec forms.

Usually in this order – paper-clipped with a large clip, top to bottom:

1. Hand-written thank-you note (on decent stationery) personalized to alum writing the rec
2. One or two pictures – preferably waist-up – preferably not prom pics – and write your name and city on the back of the pictures!
3. Resume – also on decent resume-quality paper (unlike that hanging out of my printer)
4. Transcript
5. 9x12 approx white envelope, pre-addressed to membership chair at chapter, with appropriate pre-paid postage (weigh packet at PO). Many alums will turn completed recs with packets into their respective hometown alum clubs for eventual delivery to the chapter, but some may send directly to the membership chair.
6. Paperclip all and place all in a slightly larger manila envelope to mail or deliver to alum.

Regarding the layout of the resume – try to keep it to two pages, if possible, and make sure your name appears at the top of page 2. This PNM listed the club, activity, etc. on left and then included a short phrase of explanation to the right (used a tab stop, which looked very polished). There were some activities listed more than once, though spun a little differently, depending on the category. Hope it helps a little.

Full name

Name known by or commonly used

Address

Telephone (h) Telephone (m)

__________________________________________________ ___________
Education_________________________________________ ______

School
GPA
Class Rank
Class size
SAT score
Advanced Placement Courses (2 listed)
Freshman at *** – Honors College
__________________________________________________ ____
Awards and Honors_______________________________________

Honor Roll
Participation award for a sport
An Association outside of High School
Spirit Award
Name of High School Athletic Conference (listed events where she or her team placed – even honorable mentions)
Most Improved Award
__________________________________________________ _____________
Leadership________________________________________ ______________

Editor of a yearbook section senior year
Served as tour guide for HS
Organization name that mentored freshman at HS
Cheer position
Asst coach – volunteered to teach sport skills to younger students
__________________________________________________ ______________
Athletics_________________________________________ ________________

Varsity sport
Varsity Cheer
Another Varsity sport
__________________________________________________ ____
Community and Volunteer_________________________________

Name of project – donated goods to shelters
Sport Asst Coach – listed earlier
Assisted in a day care
Name of charity event for health-related awareness
Name of elementary school – tutored students
Name of community event – served beverages
Name of charity – donated baked goods
__________________________________________________ ____
Church and Mission_______________________________________

Name of Church – listed grades and indicated membership
Name of weekly church meeting involving study
Name of mission project
Another name of mission project
__________________________________________________ ____
Work Experience________________________________________

Listed job
Leader at a camp
__________________________________________________ __________
Extracurricular___________________________________ _____________

Listed two activities outside of school and church – these could also be listed as “Interests” or “Hobbies” – a good place to list something unique about yourself that stands out
__________________________________________________ _____
Greek Affiliations______________________________________ ___

Listed the university and Greek affiliation of any parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins (just omit this section if you don't have any to list)

Be sure to list your paid jobs.
And for some reason, lots of the girls in this area think it's a bad thing to list a high school sorority.
Yes, there are lots of differences between high school and college sororities. But if you belong to one, then you know how an organization works (or doesn't), how to work with a team, and how to plan and execute a project.
If you've been an officer, you know even more.
I see that as excellent experience and I want to know about it.

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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna (Post 2170282)

Be sure to list your paid jobs.

Yes, absolutely -- probably under "Work Experience."

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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna (Post 2170282)

And for some reason, lots of the girls in this area think it's a bad thing to list a high school sorority.
Yes, there are lots of differences between high school and college sororities. But if you belong to one, then you know how an organization works (or doesn't), how to work with a team, and how to plan and execute a project.
If you've been an officer, you know even more.
I see that an excellent experience and I want to know about it.

Are high school sororities common in your area? I'm really surprised.

In my area, the last high school sororities I know of were disbanded years ago.

I don't think that the benefits you listed are unique to high school sororities -- there are many clubs, community service projects, team activities, and school events available to provide those experiences (without the headaches associated with high school social sororities).

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Originally Posted by Hartofsec (Post 2170407)

Yes, in my area - north Alabama - they are still common.
Of course the benefits are not unique to sororities, even high school sororities.
Those are just reasons to list high school sororities.