Calm in the Face of Adversity - A Recruitment Advisor's Spring 2010 Story....

[Hopeful4Spring]

Hello All! I wanted to start a recruitment story as Recruitment Advisor to my alma mater chapter. My chapter has faced many ups and downs over the last few years with recruitment. We see chapter total within our grasp and then half of the chapter graduates. I want to share with you all this process from start to finish and welcome any advice and enouragement.

About Me
* Recruitment Advisor for Alma Mater (2 Years)
* Former COR, Recruitment Chair and President of my Chapter


About the School & Greek Life
* Medium Sized School
* Deferred Recruitment
* Declining numbers for Panhellenic Recruitment over the last 5 years
* Competitive COR for Fall Semesters
* Chapter Total: 50-60
* New Recruitment Format


About the GLOs
These are not all of the Sororities but they are the ones we most compete with for PNMs during recruitment.

Diamond : This is my home. For the last 8 years I have lived and breathed this organization. Back in the day we were known for being the overweight/awkward/less desirable group. However, those barriers have been broken for a few years now and its hardly the case but it seems that we're still the organization that everyone "Loves" but seems to pass over due to old stereotypes or the perceived "lower tier". All of the HQ Consultants tell us they don't understand why we do not succeed in recruitment because they enjoy our chapter and feel like the numbers don't justify our group as a whole. We are weak recruiters in the fall but have done well in the spring as of the last few years. But its still not enough to keep our numbers up. We have the fewest members on our campus.

Ruby: This organization is probably the closet to our "Rival". Many women who spend their pref day with Ruby spendtheir other pref party with us diamonds.They always seem to have a large variety of women and are always at total. But if you speak to some of their sisters they will tell you that once they get the girls they most desire, they pick up others to fill open vacancies.

Emerald: This organization has always been a pretty large variety of women. They had been known for being the party crowd and provocative as a nice word. They got in trouble for hazing several years and went from 45 to 12 members. They quickly reorganized and are back to a consistency around 45 members. Many other women that attend their pref also attend ours as well.


This year we will be following a new format and I'm extremely nervous and want more than anything to have a successful recruitment. I'm starting with my posts now because I want more than anything for these ladies to succeed and grow with great women that they deserve. Next post to follow shortly.