Sorority Officer Position

[Anonymous]

My DS is academic chair of his fraternity and he has it on his resume. He is a college student so he doesn't have a ton of other things (yes he has had jobs and currently works but still not that much experience) and he thinks it shows he is smart and has a leadership position. It's not a big school or large chapter but it helps.

My older kid also had college leadership positions but since he has been out of college for a while and he has better stuff on his resume, he dropped those off his current resume.

[Anonymous]

Leadership positions in general might be good, but of course a serious internship is better.

Many people hold negative views of Greek life however, particularly when you venture out of the south. I would debate revealing any Greek experience at all, TBH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. If I saw this in a resume, I’d put it in the circular file. Waste of time. Shows poor judgement.

Even for a recent or future college grad with little or no work experience ?

To be blunt, if you would discard an applicant's resume for containing a line about a position in a sorority, you are showing poor judgment.

Do you want the truth?

Because PP is not alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS is academic chair of his fraternity and he has it on his resume. He is a college student so he doesn't have a ton of other things (yes he has had jobs and currently works but still not that much experience) and he thinks it shows he is smart and has a leadership position. It's not a big school or large chapter but it helps.

My older kid also had college leadership positions but since he has been out of college for a while and he has better stuff on his resume, he dropped those off his current resume.

Even from a school like a top academic public university?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. If I saw this in a resume, I’d put it in the circular file. Waste of time. Shows poor judgement.

No, what it shows is that you make an uninformed decision based on no real knowledge of is actually involved in being the president of a large organization. It requires executive function and leadership skills that are sorely lacking in many college students (and I say this as someone who has been both president of a college sorority and a college professor).

[Anonymous]

Any campus leadership, especially Executive Director or President, is a huge boost for the resume for jobs and grad/professional schools. It is great for interview talking points. No job or grad school counts greek as lesser (or greater)than other organizations.

No leadership is a red flag.

Midlevel leadership (committee leadership, non-exec board roles) checks the box but does not boost the resume.

[Anonymous]

No, it's more for grad school admissions

[Anonymous]

I did. I think it helped for law school admissions and big law interviews, where the academic fitness is a threshold matter and there are more qualified applicants than spots. As part of a complete profile with research, internships/work experience, grades, and test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did. I think it helped for law school admissions and big law interviews, where the academic fitness is a threshold matter and there are more qualified applicants than spots. As part of a complete profile with research, internships/work experience, grades, and test scores.

As someone who worked in big law and did not include sorority leadership on resume, couldn’t disagree more. People will think you are a lightweight. Leave it off. There will be five people who think it reflects poorly on you for every one that thinks it’s an asset.

[Anonymous]

Putting sorority/fraternity leadership on resume akin to putting country club leadership position on resume.

[Anonymous]

"Putting sorority/fraternity leadership on resume akin to putting country club leadership position on resume."

This. For every person who is OK with seeing it, there are 10 who don't like it for these reasons: shows privilege/wealth; could show insensitivity toward diversity/inclusion (not talking about black sororities here.)

Do not. Put it. On.

[Anonymous]

Niece was rush chair of her sorority at an SEC school and while I cant speak to whether it helped her get a job holy cow was it a huge job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did. I think it helped for law school admissions and big law interviews, where the academic fitness is a threshold matter and there are more qualified applicants than spots. As part of a complete profile with research, internships/work experience, grades, and test scores.

As someone who worked in big law and did not include sorority leadership on resume, couldn’t disagree more. People will think you are a lightweight. Leave it off. There will be five people who think it reflects poorly on you for every one that thinks it’s an asset.

Agree. It may be a huge leadership role but not everyone will be impressed with where you chose to devote all that time and effort. Avoid!

[Anonymous]

It's good if you want sales or recruiting jobs.

[Anonymous]

Yes, list leadership positions on the resume. And, quantify and qualify what the position was just like anything else. Think about all the alumni of that or other organizations who will give it a second glance because it shows leadership, maturity, ability to multi-task, etc. Because people who undervalue this will probably also say don't list Eagle Scout or Gold Award or church leadership or any number of items on a resume. And there will be just as many people who don't understand a consulting club or what about a business fraternity.