Alabama Recruitment

[NOLA25]

Luckily, I ended up at a school where this is pretty much the case - no recs or legwork required. The groups don't ask for resumes or anything, and really, cuts are based on GPA, personality and any sort of glaring "my reputation precedes me" (positive or negative) situation.

This makes more sense to me. I don't understand how having a rec written by someone that doesn't even know you could be very helpful anyway. But I do understand in the South, any rec is better than no rec.

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by NOLA25

This makes more sense to me. I don't understand how having a rec written by someone that doesn't even know you could be very helpful anyway. But I do understand in the South, any rec is better than no rec.

At the University of Alabama there were nearly 1500 PNMs going through the process. After the first round many Chapters are required to make massive cuts. With so many PNM there are a lot of them who nobody in the Chapter knows personally so decisions have to be made, harsh decisions and quick decisions.

Now here's a real life analogy. Nearly 20 years ago I applied for an entry level position at a huge corporation. There were perhaps 700 applicants for maybe 30 positions. These were true "entry level" positions where they expected the employees to move up and out into other positions within the company. Therefore they went through this hiring process about once a year.

The first cut to the pool of applicants was anyone who didn't have a college degree. It didn't matter what your degree was in, but you had to have one or your application was disregarded. It wasn't personal. From the remaining pool they determined who got an interview and preference was given to those who had personal references from other employees in the corporation. How that interview went determined whether you got a 2nd interview. After that they selected those who received job offers.

Shockingly similar to a competitive Recruitment process isn't it? Of course without the singing, dancing, and skits. Though it would have been fun to see my boss do some of that.

[I.C. a Pi Phi]

Originally Posted by Zillini

At the University of Alabama there were nearly 1500 PNMs going through the process. After the first round many Chapters are required to make massive cuts. With so many PNM there are a lot of them who nobody in the Chapter knows personally so decisions have to be made, harsh decisions and quick decisions.

Now here's a real life analogy. Nearly 20 years ago I applied for an entry level position at a huge corporation. There were perhaps 700 applicants for maybe 30 positions. These were true "entry level" positions where they expected the employees to move up and out into other positions within the company. Therefore they went through this hiring process about once a year.

The first cut to the pool of applicants was anyone who didn't have a college degree. It didn't matter what your degree was in, but you had to have one or your application was disregarded. It wasn't personal. From the remaining pool they determined who got an interview and preference was given to those who had personal references from other employees in the corporation. How that interview went determined whether you got a 2nd interview. After that they selected those who received job offers.

Shockingly similar to a competitive Recruitment process isn't it? Of course without the singing, dancing, and skits. Though it would have been fun to see my boss do some of that.

Ding, Ding, Ding....we have a winner. Great "real world" example.

[WVU alpha phi]

Hope this link works, I know some DDDs at Alabama and they posted facebook pics from Bid Day:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/al...&id=1507950018