Like most people who join a Greek organization, we primarily do it for the social aspect and to become somewhat involved on campus. We do not realize that the skills we are learning in our everyday lives of being in a Greek organization are helping us prepare for our long awaited future careers.
Networking is something that you can take advantage of being Greek. Having close ties to alumae/alumni that have a position at a prestigious company can help you line up a future internship or help you get a job when senior year rolls around.
Those long hours of recruitment and work week when you wanted to kill yourself from practicing talking to a plate pretending it was a PNM or walking in heels for 8 hours were also worth it. Don’t worry, that time was not wasted when you have to go to an internship fair or on an interview and talk to people you have never met before. Just think if you have never practiced those skills you probably would not have the same outlook on how important those skills actually are. Being able to speak to anyone confidently is a skill on its own and sometimes us Greeks forget that because we do that in our everyday lives.
Not only are we social butterflies, but we also have the opportunity to hold leadership positions within our organizations. Showing companies that you actually did something with your life in college is a great thing. Most of the time companies and the public have a negative association about people who are in Greek organizations. By showing them that you held a position and were a leader in an organization makes you stand apart from others. Also a lot more people are Greek than you think and more times than not you will find that the person you are interviewing with is Greek and now you have a connection that you both are able to bond over.
Being Greek is something to be proud of and cherish. So let’s prove to the world that yes, we can party til 3 a.m. and get up in the morning for an interview and land the job. Besides, I bet a GDI couldn’t even do that.
