I put my greek affiliation on my resume, but I can also add ", President" after it, which insures that it will mean at least something to even non-greeks. If I wasn't at least a VP (title infers significant leadership experience), I personally wouldn't list it unless the job had to do with planning social functions or something where the affiliation in general would be highly relevant.

I have been in two interviews where someone looked at my resume, mentioned it, and asked about my experience. In one interview, the interviewer was in a fraternity, in the other interview, the interviewer cooked in one of my GLO's sorority houses while in college. In the end, I got both jobs. Whether there is any correlation, I don't know. Both interviews were the kind that you leave from and think "I nailed it."

I think people like to hear about your interests and try to get an idea of who you are socially. Having a conversation about your greek experience in an interview, especially if the other person is greek, can be a powerful chit chat portion of the interview. You don't want an interview to be ALL business. This is an opportunity to talk about something lighter. That is why I put it on my resume, mainly.

I also include my Kappa involvement on my resume and list the positions that I advise. I think it shows commitment and leadership. It has been helpful when the interviewer is greek, but I certainly wouldn't expect it to get me the job. It just tells them a little more about me after I've listed all my skills, experience, education, etc.

I have a brother who was a former GM of a Kappa Sig colony and he got his job primarily because he was able to indiciate that he recruited a large number of people and that directly impacted his job (he's a headhunter) moreso than his psych degree did. He also had extensive campus leadership positions and was a relatively sane fellow.

That said, I put my greek experience on my resume. I also indicate being the President of two major clubs, the Secretary of Model UN and having had five years work experience p/t through university. I'd like to think people will hire me because of my education and work experience, not because we both know words and secrets of an organization. Would you hire a man, sight unseen because he was a Mason or a Deke (because so many US presidents have been Masons or Dekes)? Likewise, being a Kappa Sig isn't a reason to hire me, but rather another way to indicate community involvement.

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