Social Media AFTER Recruitment

[Lovethesand]

I know there are lots of posts reminding/warning/educating PNMs they need to clean up their social media. That is fantastic advice. For the love of God though I wish these young women would continue to heed that advice and keep their social media clean AFTER recruitment. Debbie has friends who attend universities throughout the US and a large majority went through recruitment. Some have the most adorable pictures of bid day, new member events, etc. Then there are these girls:

1. Twitter pic of themselves in their new sorority's tank/tshirt making the sorority's symbols - very cute and excited.
2. Twitter bio of themselves stating they are ABC Sorority - wonderful, be proud of who you are.
3. Twitter pics of themselves drinking out of beer bongs or something that looks like a beer octopus (don't know what it's called but that's what it looks like) before the first college FB game - WHY?!
4. Tweets talking about how f-ed up they got, how hungover they are, how they can't remember last night, etc. - Again too much information. Do you really think this makes you look good?
5. Twitter pics of the girls dressed for the night out all extending a certain finger and it's not the finger Beyonce sings about either.

I'm not stupid and I'm not old fashioned (really) and I know kids do these things but girls (new and old members) PLEASE BE SMART. In this day of social media employers are searching for you on the internet and what they see is not necessarily a prime interview candidate much less a new hire. Even when you delete something on the internet after your alcohol daze is over nothing is ever permanently deleted from the internet. Bluntly - don't be stupid, think a little. Learn from us old folks and think short-term AND long-term, big picture.

Off my soapbox. Back to normal programming.