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Originally Posted by Scandia
Should/would you list your Greek affiliation (assuming it is a social GLO like NPC sororities) if you were just another member? I can see how it would be helpful if you were an officer. But if you were simply a civilian member who did not hold any offices, would it be beneficial?
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I don't think there is a "should" here. You just assess your own situation and determine what you want to do. I was an officer in my professional fraternity and I always put that on my resume. I chose not to put AOII on my resume. I didn't want to take the chance that the person reading the resume may treat me unfairly for being in an NPC sorority. That can happen. Other people may look at your NPC status and give you an unexpected benefit. You never know.
As it turns out, my first real boss was like a computer - ridiculously smart, no use for personality of any kind, and was from Hong Kong and barely spoke English. She did, however, graduate from UT (Texas) and knew what sororities were. She certainly thought all sorority girls were blonde bimbos with idiot-level IQs. After she was fired (ha ha) my next boss LOVED the fact that I was in an NPC and he would shoot the breeze about it frequently. It just depends. I also think you need to know your field. There are scads of business people who are GLO members or who harbor no grudge because they have had good GLO employees. However, my specialized field after grad school was taxation - very nerdy and not very Greek. I made a judgment call, that was encouraged by professors, and it worked out for me. Maybe it would have worked out just the same if AOII had been on my resume.
*I am not suggesting UT NPC women are blonde, stupid, bimbos. Just that by going to UT, that boss knew what sororities were since they are prominent on that campus.*
I never tried to hide my NPC membership, I just waited until we could discuss it rather than take a chance that the person on the other end wouldn't understand it.