Recruitment Story with a Twist-The Advisors Side of the Story

[ADPi Conniebama]

I thought about doing this (a recruitment thread from an advisors point of view) but I will use your lead and maybe I will do it next year. I am so interested in how you do this thread.

It is hard as an advisor to have a "rush crush" and not be able to "recruit" them. But, I fall into that trap every year.

HAVE A GREAT TIME. AND GET SOME SLEEP HA HA - You know another thing I learned - it was alot easier to be perky with only 4 hours of sleep when I was 20 then it is at 35.

Thanks for this thread .. . . . oh and ICS ROCKS

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ADPi Conniebama

I thought about doing this (a recruitment thread from an advisors point of view) but I will use your lead and maybe I will do it next year. I am so interested in how you do this thread.

It is hard as an advisor to have a "rush crush" and not be able to "recruit" them. But, I fall into that trap every year.

HAVE A GREAT TIME. AND GET SOME SLEEP HA HA - You know another thing I learned - it was alot easier to be perky with only 4 hours of sleep when I was 20 then it is at 35.

Thanks for this thread .. . . . oh and ICS ROCKS

Omigosh, I could have written this!! I keep thinking, would that the college or the Panhel or someone would put the Advisors up in a dorm or hotel for Recruitment Week! If I had to do it all over again (as an Advisor), I would have taken the week off, and checked into a hotel - because after everything was set up, I still had the 45 minute drive home each night and had to get up for work about an hour later!

[ADPi Conniebama]

OH I STAYED IN A HOTEL - with ms. Braste (for those of yall who know her) I had to get away for goodness sake but even then I didn't get to the hotel until aroun 1 or 2 in the morning every day. Then back to "work" at 8 or 9 am. . . But I did take the weekend off of my real job which helpd(this year) alot. There was no way I could have been an effective recruitment advisor and do my job well too. Not that it can't be done but since I was able to take off of work I did. . .

[FSUZeta]

ya'll are making me feel better!! the last two nights, i have slid into bed at 3:30 a.m.. fgcu is going thru formal recruitment right now-prefs tonight!!

the way i feel right now, there is not enough caffiene in the world to shake this "fog" from my brain. you know you are tired when you cannot add 3 + 3 + 5 together!!

congratulations on wonderul return rates!! stay strong!! recruitment advisors of the world ,UNITE!!!!

[ADPi Conniebama]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

congratulations on wonderul return rates!! stay strong!! recruitment advisors of the world ,UNITE!!!!

AMEN

We can call ourselves Rho Alpha's - and our secret action will be the visual of pushing the snooze button.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Omigosh, I could have written this!! I keep thinking, would that the college or the Panhel or someone would put the Advisors up in a dorm or hotel for Recruitment Week! If I had to do it all over again (as an Advisor), I would have taken the week off, and checked into a hotel - because after everything was set up, I still had the 45 minute drive home each night and had to get up for work about an hour later!

Our Advisor always stayed in the house during Recruitment. I don't really remember if she took the week off, but she definitely didn't drive home after Membership Selection.

[ADPi Conniebama]

yea well I stayed in the sorority dorms LAST Year and swore I would never do it again. If you choose to stay in the dorms then you become not only recruitment advisor and sister, you become a full time mother, doctor, artist, mathmatician, referee, panhellenic specialist, maid, FRC, RVP, RIM, Treasurer, painter, . . . . don't get me wrong I love being recruitment advisor - especially for the chapter from which I graduated but the peace and quiet that I got at the hotel this year made me a little more helpful to the girls, when I was around them.

Sorry for going off the subject too much. How is DZ doing today?

[gphiangel624]

Originally Posted by ADPi Conniebama

yea well I stayed in the sorority dorms LAST Year and swore I would never do it again. If you choose to stay in the dorms then you become not only recruitment advisor and sister, you become a full time mother, doctor, artist, mathmatician, referee, panhellenic specialist, maid, FRC, RVP, RIM, Treasurer, painter, . . . . don't get me wrong I love being recruitment advisor - especially for the chapter from which I graduated but the peace and quiet that I got at the hotel this year made me a little more helpful to the girls, when I was around them.

Sorry for going off the subject too much. How is DZ doing today?

This cracked me up... that's basically what happened when I took over as my university's Panhellenic Advisor. I love it though.

[UF56]

bump....what happened?

[jesidz]

I was asked to delete the thread and so I complied.