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Originally posted by KappaStargirl
If you wear it, and your interviewer won't hire you just because he or she is anti-Greek, you never wanted to work for him/her anyway.
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You know, this is fine if you're interviewing for your first job out of college and you really don't need the money anyway. But for those people with actual bills and actual dependants who are actually trying to get a lucrative career started, you don't want something trivial to sabotage your interview.
I've received probably 500 resumes in the 10 years or so that I've been working, and I've interviewed perhaps 50 people. Personally, I only expect to see Greek affiliation on a resume if the candidate is still an undergrad or is a recent graduate, and then only if it is mentioned in the context of leadership training or holding an elected position. I don't like to see people just list "member, XYZ sorority" because it looks like they're just taking a shot in the dark hoping someone in the company is a member. I'm Greek and I feel that way. Imagine how non-greeks feel. This is typically a pet peeve of theirs. If you've been out of school a few years, I recommend leaving affiliation off the resume, unless you've got something really special to attach to it like a national officer position or something. My thinking is, GLOs are a great place to gain experience that will be helpful in the real world, but by 3 years after graduation you darn well better have some ACTUAL real world experience to fill up your resume.
As far as badges go, "conventional" wisdom among professionals is to leave off the badge, and I tend to agree for the same reasons listed above. Like it or not, more people have a negative association with GLOs than a positive. If you can afford to be idealistic, by all means choose not to work for anti-Greeks. If you're a realist and/or you want a paycheck, be practical and maximize your chances of getting the job. That means, be conservative in all aspects of appearance. A small recognition pin or charm MAYBE. But certainly not a big shiny jewelled hunk of gold with skulls on it and stuff dangling off of it.
This applies mainly to "corporate/professional" environments. That's where my experience is. The more "artsy" professions might have a different take.
Hope that's helpful.
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