Dishing out the dirt, continued (going Greek)

In my previous post, I focused on how employers are using Facebook & MySpace among other websites as a vehicle to find their prospective hires as well as using Google to see what dirt they can dish out about their candidates. Of course, the downsides of each website got touched on considerably along the way (e.g. companies nixing any candidate whose profiles had anything of note that was offensive or untoward from a business perspective).

Am I saying that fraternities can't use Facebook & MySpace to find future recruits? They sure can; by the same token, they should use each of these sites to the best & fullest of their advantage in finding quality members, duders who could prove to be valuable assets to the growth & betterment of the chapter in general. Like an employer, Greek undergraduates are always on the lookout for men who they see as the perfect fit for Sigma Chi or SAE, etc. But if we think our searching is for party animals or skirt chasers, we need to rethink our strategies altogether: such folks are searching for men whose primary focus is not on booze or women but academics, leadership, initiative, serving the community & campus in a conducive way.

Of course, like any boss of a company/giant corporation, the executive council should be leery of candidates whom they feel don't measure up to the fraternity's standards. If some duder has a profile dedicated to nothing but partying & getting stoned, chances are he won't be the right fit for this house or that. Same with a duder whose photo album titles are titled "beer" & "booty." Do you see anyone with that level of maturity making his way up to chapter president much less VP? More often than not, the answer to such a question is, "No way!!" True, we all love to have fun & good times; don't get me wrong, I had plenty of both. But the thing is, as I mentioned in my last post, employers are not into surprises. Neither are fraternities when it comes to finding well-rounded, outgoing men who are the model "men of good character," "true gentlemen," "men of integrity." If we haven't considered using Facebook/MySpace as a means by which to find men of the caliber I just stated above, we should give it a try for once. Chances are we could find quality (& I meant quality) men who could make a beneficial difference for our respective chapters.