Suggest some schools for jobs!

[mystikchick]

Hi everyone,

I'm posting this on behalf of my brother to get some suggestions from you wise folks out there, because I want to tap into your geographical knowledge. My brother graduated in spring 2009, and has been looking for a job, and has recently begun to think seriously about applying for jobs at colleges/universities because he has great people skills - things like student activities/leadership, Greek Life office, fundraising, alumni relations, etc.

The thing is though, we're both fairly certain that at most of the schools we're personally familiar with (small, liberal arts schools in the northeast), the skills he gained through being Greek are either not going to be appreciated or they're going to not be taken seriously. Maybe this is an unfair assumption on our parts, but I don't see someone at say, Wesleyan (where I graduated from) knowing what to do with his profile.

His Greek leadership and campus leadership are both stellar. As a freshman he joined his chapter of Phi Psi with two other pledges. Chapter size was 15, six graduated, and two went inactive. The future of the chapter looked uncertain. He worked his tail off to personally recruit quality men to join the chapter, and today chapter is about 36-38, with ten prospective members for the spring. Along the way, he held different leadership positions within the chapter, including rush chair, and pledge master, eventually becoming President. The chapter will be celebrating its 150th anniversary on campus this March.

Outside of Greek life, he held positions on student council, served as an RA, worked as an orientation intern, worked on the events planning committee (the group that brings bands to campus and that kind of thing), helped found and lead a group for men against sexual violence, and generally became highly respected and well-known across campus. He also worked for the phonathon, and was very good at that.

So now he's looking for jobs in the university arena, and is trying to generate a list of places to look at, which is where your help is needed, lovely Greekchatters.

Geographically, he's flexible: northeast, south, midwest - he's open to all of them. He'd prefer a school with a semi-urban (or close proximity to an urban center) or urban location, small to midsize. In theory, the school or the region should be one where his Greek background will be looked upon favorably, or at the very least, appreciated and understood for the skills it gave him.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions as to how to find these jobs (other than my helpful suggestions of troll the websites and if you're really interested, just send your resume and a good cover letter), that would also be highly appreciated. Even suggestions for other jobs that would use these skills would be great.

Thank you!