Recruitment Books - Have you read them?

[Josh Orendi]

Here are 10 books that I've found particularly helpful as a professional fraternity recruiter. The first two are fraternity/sorority recruitment specific, the others offer principles, skills, and techniques that I found transferable to year-round, values-based recruitment. I'd be very interested in hearing from others about books that helped you develop your recruitment style or helped advance your recruitment efforts.

1. "I Heart Recruitment: The Eight Steps to Limitless Possiblity for Sororities" (Coffey & Gendron, 2007)

2. "Good Guys: The Eight Steps to Limitless Possiblity for Fraternity Recruitment" (Mattson & Orendi, 2006)

3. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (Carnegie)

4. "Never Eat Alone" (Ferrazzi)

5. "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" (Covey)

6. "100 Ways to Motivate Yourself/Others" (Chandler)

7. "Purple Cow" (Godin)

8. "Tipping Point" (Gladwell)

9. "The Fine Art of Small Talk" (Fine)

10. "Networking Survival Guide" (Darling)

There's a great quote by Charlie "Tremendous" Jones that says, "You'll be the same person in 5 years that you are today with 2 exceptions: The people that you associate with and the books that you read."