Chapter Recruitment Profile
School Name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Chapter Designation: Alpha Nu
School Size: Medium (10,000 – 24,999)
Number of Men in Chapter: 53 brothers/23 pledges for Fall 2009
3 Secrets for a Successful Recruitment:
1. Always remember that recruitment is a year round function of the chapter. This includes rushing heavily in the summer, fall and spring. We have found that the best times to recruit are outside of the official rush periods.
2. Trust the younger members of your chapter with recruiting and keep them as involved in the process as possible. Especially with the freshman, encourage them to meet people in the dorm rooms or even send older members of the chapter to go over to their dorms to hang out. It is a good idea to emphasis rush during the pledge process and spend some time teaching them good rush techniques right away.
3. The chapter will be better off in the end to have a small group of quality guys who are highly motivated to succeed than a large group of guys who care nothing about the house or its reputation on campus. Quality brothers recruit more quality guys.
Traps to avoid:
- One of the biggest traps to avoid is to never become complacent with a given chapter size or pledge class size. Always keep a high level of motivation for recruitment in the chapter. There is always room for improvement. As soon as a chapter stops trying to make itself better, it will surely start getting worse.
- A small group of brothers can not carry rush on their own. Keep as many brothers involved with the recruitment process as possible.
- Making personal connections with rushees is much more important than spending a lot of money on events.
- Rush must be planned out well in advance, and to a high level of detail. We even go as far as to have specific individual tasks for the majority of our brothers. At the same time, keep thinking of ways to improve the efficiency of rush and how to make it smoother.
