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Or you might want to post under another screen name while you are a recruitment counselor to help you keep your affilation and school private.


Anyway, congrats on your role with Panhellenic! Here's what I wish I'd known before I became a recruitment counselor:

* After recruitment events and in the wee hours of morning, they need to leave their cell phones on. Tell them this when you meet them that they need to be accessible by phone to you in case of a schedule change. Schedule changes may occur and nothing is more heartbreaking than trying to reach an unmatched PNM on Bid Day to tell her not to come... only for her to show up and break down.

* Provide notepads and pens to allow your PNM's to record their observations after they attend parties. This will help them remember names and events. Collect the notepads at the end of each day.

* If a PNM is late to an event, send her into the party. Otherwise, she'll be cut from that party.

* Discourage tent talk or badmouthing a GLO. Talk about discretion.

* Don't give the girls more information than they need. If they show up at Greek Forum and you're telling them about snap bids and quota, they'll be very confused. I'm not saying to withhold anything, but recruitment can be very confusing to the newbie--- they don't need all the technical details. Provide them first with a general overview of the week and do specifics each day. They don't need to know terms like "cross-cut" or a firm talk about "single individual preferencing" until Bid Matching, if at all.

*Keep water and cereal bars on hand for your PNM's-- they may be too nervous to eat and forget to hydrate themselves. Remind them to eat.

* Keep large plastic ziploc bags for each PNM that she can use to hold her make-up and other materials-- that you can hold for her.

* Know the basics about each sorority

* Know the basics about recruitment rules

* Enjoy your fellow recruitment counselors. This is a great time to make new friends.