I want to be a Greek Advisor or Student Life Administrator!

[Xylochick216]

If you're looking for higher pay, then higher education isn't the place for you. I just earned my masters in higher ed and worked in Greek Life for a year. Greek Life is the bottom of the totem pole for many student affairs positions. It's mostly people fresh from grad school who can devote 60-80 hour weeks while getting paid for 40 hours. Even my 20 hour assistantship ended up being over 40 hours a week at times. It was a really fun job, but very tiring and thankless. Plus, most student affairs professionals are constantly on call and have to deal with crazy issues at all hours of the day.

If you really want to work in Greek Life, you'll need to get your masters in higher ed or student affairs. I can't think of any school that will hire anyone in a Greek Life position without a masters in student affairs anymore. As for job hopping, turnover is very high in student affairs, especially in Greek Life. Like I said, people get worn out doing it and move on. Even people I know who are 110% set on working in Greek Life for years end up moving on after three years or so because they are so burnt out. You might be better off seeing if ASA has any job openings.

Good luck!

[HeavenslilAngel]

Thanks for the advice. My goal would be to move up and advance from Greek Life and potentially be in a high profile type University position some day. I realize that you have to start out at the bottom and would be willing to do that since I'm already at the bottom in the IT world. Another downfall that I am experiencing in IT is that I'm the wrong gender for advancement(not sure any other way to put it). I wouldn't mind being on call, traveling etc as the Greek Life/Student Affairs jobs will require. As long as I get an issue resolved and go back home (if at night) I'm ok. As of right now, I am working 8 hours in an office all night and work every weekend. As far as relocation, I wouldn't mind that either. I've actually been wanting to move for a little while now. I would love the opportunity to work for ASA. They want experience though usually.