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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair
I will attempt to explain this very simply --- and then I will go away and let you rip me to shreds. 
1. If you believe your membership in your GLO is for a lifetime and more valuable to you than your membership in a health club, I think it belongs on your resume. In my case, I only included the high level offices I held as a collegian, along with other extra curricular involvement e.g., Student Government and Class Officer. |
I don't just leave off my Greek membership; I leave off all of my undergrad extra curriculars. I was president of a couple of organizations related to my majors, an assistant editor of the college paper, and in multiple college theater productions. None of that stuff has been on my resume since I graduated law school. IMHO, it looks immature to include that stuff after you are a few years out of undergrad. I put it on my first resumes because I wanted to show that I had high grades and was able to balance a very busy schedule. I have no extracurriculars on my resume currently -- only academics, academic honors, and professional activities. My clerkship and my bar committees are more important to my career than KD. I love KD, but it's not relevant to my career. I know a ton of lawyers who are Greek, but no one I know puts it on their resumes. It's not relevant to anything we do.
I would only put that stuff on my resume if it relevant to the job I was immediately applying for -- ie. a writing job or a student affairs job or a theater job.
A resume is a short introduction on why someone should hire you. I don't think anyone should hire me because I am a KD or Greek. They should hire me because I'm good at my job.