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Putting your sorority on your resume is great for that rare occurence that you happen to interview with someone who is in the same sorority as you. But, unfortunately, that is almost a one in a million chance. I've found that the other 999,999 times many people look at your participation in a sorority with a lot of skepticism and disdain. Many people still view sororities as an elitist organization full of airheads that have daddy's with money. We all know different but I'd be lying if I said the rest of America thinks the greek organizations are wonderful and do great things for the universities. It's just an old perception that won't die. There's even a few people who were part of greek organizations and view us as party-animals and nothing more. I went on an interview where the guy said to me, "I was an XYZ at FSU. Wow...those were the days. Joining that fraternity caused me to complete my degree in 7 years instead of 4 because I kept failing because of all the fraternity parties."
My uncle worked at a large, Fortune 500 company as the VP of Human Resources. Although he wasn't anti-greek, he still has the blind perceptions of us. He admitted to having negative perceptions of the potential candidates when he saw a sorority or fraternity on their resume. I promptly removed my affiliation off my resume after that. No matter how intelligent you come across in an interview, a person who is anti-greek will view you differently. On my resume, I focus on my other achievements rather than my sorority. Ever since I took my affiliation off my resume, I have noticed that I have gotten 5x's more calls for interviews. I'd like to think that it's just a coincidence but, after hearing stories of anti-greek sentiments in the work place, I can't help but think it's not.
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