Ideas on Recruitment?

[KappaSigISU]

We pledge in Feb. 2nd and our quota is five guys, its like pulling teeth to get people to join fraternities up here and I don't know why, any suggestions?

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by KappaSigISU

We pledge in Feb. 2nd and our quota is five guys, its like pulling teeth to get people to join fraternities up here and I don't know why, any suggestions?

If you make yourselves respectable first, the pledges will come.

Oh and not attending ISU

[KappaSigISU]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

If you make yourselves respectable first, the pledges will come.

Oh and not attending ISU

...yea..where are you from..because pledges don't just come at ISU

And to Kappa.. DU shut down this past semester they had like 4 guys in house...

[lucgreek]

I'll chime in because my school is sorta the same. Spring usually has more people who are friends of the new guys that join rather than random people. It also might have people who got a bid in the fall but decided not to join. I would turn to your new guys first and have them get their friends out at your rush events as a start.

Edit: All though if your reputation on campus is bad/shady, that could be affecting people that join as well. Which in that case there's not much you can do about that.

[SAEBrad]

Originally Posted by KappaSigISU

...yea..where are you from..because pledges don't just come at ISU...

EW just doesn't want to say exactly where he is..full of advice, but who knows where?

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by SAEBrad

EW just doesn't want to say exactly where he is..full of advice, but who knows where?

Who are you? I go to Arkansas.

8 of our chapters bring in over 50 man pledge classes each fall. Some push 60's. It's not a matter of getting people to rush, but a matter of getting the ones you want.

[KappaSigISU]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

Who are you? I go to Arkansas.

8 of our chapters bring in over 50 man pledge classes each fall. Some push 60's. It's not a matter of getting people to rush, but a matter of getting the ones you want.

Yea your in the south, I'm not sure if you know this or not but as you go farther south the recruitment goes way up. I don't exactly know the reason but if you don't believe me you can look for yourself its all in the numbers.

Kappa
Well I'm kinda new at this and I don't know exactly how to show them this, we don't really have the funding which might be kind of a big problem. The problem is these kids love the dorms and the ones that don't are already lining up apartments...its hard to find those middle lyers

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by KappaSigISU

...yea..where are you from..because pledges don't just come at ISU

And to Kappa.. DU shut down this past semester they had like 4 guys in house...

Damn, that sucks. They were never a huge house on campus, but they usually had some solid guys. Plus their house is awesome. I hope their house corp holds on to it.

There are chapters at Iowa State that have 70+ members, so there are guys who want to be in fraternities. You just have to do the work to show rushees that Kappa Sig can be a great place for them. What can you offer them that no other fraternity on campus can?

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by KappaSigISU

We pledge in Feb. 2nd and our quota is five guys, its like pulling teeth to get people to join fraternities up here and I don't know why, any suggestions?

I know there's an Iowa State DU who posts on here semi-regularly. I've been out of school 8 years now, and have mainly sorority experience.

Bottom line, you have to be able to offer guys something different than all the other chapters on campus. Not everyone wants to be a Delt or AGR or Pi Kapp or FarmHouser. You have to show guys the benefit of being a Kappa Sig. You can (and should be) rushing guys all year long. It's very rare that guys will seek you out, so you have to do what you can to promote yourself. Despite trying a few different times, IFC formal rush will never fly at Iowa State, but does IFC have a list of interested guys that they give to chapters? I know Panhel has a continually updated list of girls who are interested in informal rush, but I can't remember if IFC did the same.

You guys have a pretty sweet house. Has your House Corp done any updates lately? Even small things (new paint, cosmetic redo in some common areas) can help.

There's a huge range of fraternity sizes at Iowa State, and, IMO, that's a good thing. You don't want to take anyone just to build up your size. Make sure you're getting quality guys. It's better to have 5 good pledges than 25 idiots who will just bring the chapter down.

[pi kapp drew]

Here at St. Johns University, we get group of sorority girls and do the "dorm storm" to get our name out. Basically, they just bang every dorm room's door, and talk to them. It was a really good turn out, last semester, we got like 40 interested men.

[PHISIGPSITRITON]

If its not a big frat school then you have to sell your organization as a new wave in fraternities that doesn't cling to the old meathead ways of old fraternal recruitment.

[Ghostwriter]

I would suggest you contact your AA and see if you can set up a rush event with your alums and prospects. Make this a multi media event with music, powerpoint and get some of the Rush videos from National. Have lots of food and drinks and invite the sororities to help. they love doing that kind of stuff. Do this on campus where the Freshmen can attend easily and get a sorority to help you dorm storm. Plan an after event for those interested and go do go-karts, lazer tag, paint ball or something where you can meet prospects and interact. Let the alumni sell what the fraternity means to them and what it was like as a member during their time. Let them tell war stories and make a great event out of it. You have to organize, advertise, wear your letters, market the fraternity and get your name out there. I was the alumni rush advisor for a Kappa Sig chapter that went from 8 members in 2005 to 75+ today. This is how we started. You have to build the momentum and follow up with everyone you meet as prospects. This isn't easy but it is fun.

[ScarletBlueGold]

Ghostwriter speaks the truth. Take his advice with a grain of salt though, and remember that not all campuses are the same.

Remember though. There is the one really basic recruitment tool that I think is absolutely brilliant and under-utilized

The 5 Step NIC Recruitment Model
1. Meet them
2. Become their friend
3. Introduce them to your friends
4. Introduce them to the Fraternity concept
5. Ask them to join

It really is THAT simple. A lot of people think they can convince people to join in one day. It's not that easy, if it were, we would all have 100 men chapters.

Take some time to stop "recruiting" and start meeting people. Think of all of the people you have in now, and think of why they joined. A lot of your best members I'm sure joined because they wanted friendship

Don't even talk to them about joining until you can consider them your friend and you have introduced them to several of your friends. Take this message and spread it to everyone in your chapter. Motivate all of them to try this model on 5 new guys from the incoming freshman class, and I guarantee you most, if not all, will end up joining

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ScarletBlueGold

The 5 Step NIC Recruitment Model
1. Meet them
2. Become their friend
3. Introduce them to your friends
4. Introduce them to the Fraternity concept
5. Ask them to join

It really is THAT simple. A lot of people think they can convince people to join in one day. It's not that easy, if it were, we would all have 100 men chapters.

Also, remember that you cannot do these five steps in one day. Becoming their friend does not mean friending them on Facebook. You may know someone who would make a great member, but that it will take a year to get them to join. If you think they're worth it, don't give up - just be consistent.