College Grad Looking for Help

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Sure, if you want all the attendees to point at you and make fun of you and call you a creeper.

Is that how it is for the non-NPHC NIC fraternity alumni chapters in Philly?

Originally Posted by 33girl

Honestly, in this neck of the woods, you are way overstating the fraternal ties as far as business is concerned. If someone from (example) Drexel has a choice between hiring someone else who went to Drexel, but wasn't in his fraternity, and someone in his fraternity who went to UCLA...guess what...the Drexel grad is probably going to have the upper hand.

It is not so formulaic regardless of the neck of the woods. Membership is just like any other social tie. It can help you sometimes, hinder you sometimes, and be ignored sometimes.

[PhillyPhan]

Ha! I knew what I asked for might come off as weird. I suppose it does.

As far as business ties, I know first-hand that Greek membership can pay off in dividends.

At a place I worked at, I got a new boss. He didn't go to college in Philly. He was, however, a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon (I hope I got that right.) Anyways, another co-worker of mine was a member of the same fraternity and he got a promotion. I kind of got the hint. I had to do some hiring at that job and anytime I saw someone who belonged to that frat, their resume definitely got pushed to the top of the list and, more often than not, got the position.

It made my boss very happy to bring in fellow TKE members.