VICE PRESIDENT OF RECRUITMENT

Responsibilities

The very first step to a successful recruitment is the election of a competent Vice President-Recruitment. Recruitment is possibly the single most important program of the Fraternity. It is strongly recommended by the International Headquarters Staff that the Vice President-Recruitment serve as a member of the Executive Council thereby making this office one of prestige and honor. Without question, the Vice President-Recruitment holds a key position and is integral to the success of any Chapter. Several traits that a Vice President - Recruitment should have are:

Well-organized, friendly, sincere and a respected leader.

A diplomat, a self starter, a hard worker a man who truly desires to do the job and one who
     pays attention to details.

Articulate and able to express himself clearly.

Able to devote ample time to his recruitment responsibilities throughout the year

Obviously this list of traits is not all inclusive and each Chapter needs to decide for themselves what specific characteristics they feel their Vice President-Recruitment needs to possess. During the selection process, chapter members should remember that it is not the sole responsibility of the VP-Recruitment to work agonizingly for 25 hours each day to recruit 35 men by himself. It will be his responsibility to mobilize the chapter so quality new members are recruited to perpetuate the chapter. Some typical duties of the Vice President-Recruitment will include:

Chair the committee to conduct all recruitment activities by the Chapter. He should be
     responsible for conducting a 365-day recruitment program as outlined in the Recruitment
     Handbook.

Responsible for enforcing University and FarmHouse rules and policies as they pertain to
     recruitment events.

Keep in contact with alumni for recommendations of potential recruits.

Assess and determine a potential recruit's grade point, his activities, and college interest
     before any action is taken. The recruit should be invited to the Chapter as often as
     necessary to determine this information and for the Chapter members to get to know him.

Motivate fellow chapter members to actively participate in the recruitment program

Set an example by identifying, targeting, and recruiting new members to FarmHouse

Recruitment Committee

Once the Vice President-Recruitment is selected by the Chapter, he needs to seek assistance and input from others. The best means to accomplish this is to establish a Recruitment committee whose sole charge is to implement a successful recruitment program. As the saying goes "two heads are better than one" and therefore it follows logically that four are better than two, and so on. The Vice President-Recruitment will need all the input, feedback, ideas, and help he can get. While ultimately it is he who is responsible, all of the members of the recruitment committee will be developing the chapter's recruitment program.

Each member of the committee should be assigned a specific responsibility for areas of the recruiting program. There is no such thing as being too prepared for recruitment. In order to formulate the chapter's recruitment goals and plans as well as communicate these plans to the chapter, the duties and responsibilities of the recruitment committee are as follows:

To review current manpower levels and establish a clear cut program for the entire year.

To work with the Vice President-Recruitment to establish a rush and recruitment budget.

To establish specific recruitment goals in line with the chapter's program.

To delegate specific areas of responsibility to each committee member and to each
     member of the chapter.

To make solid contact with all prospective members on campus.

To solicit recommendations for membership from alumni, parents, high school, guidance
     counselors, other student organizations, etc., and acknowledge their receipt immediately.

To hold a rush workshop to inform both members and pledges of the committee's plan for
     recruitment and teach effective recruitment techniques.

To work with alumni relations committee and local alumni to secure their cooperation and
     support in the area for both contacts and events.

To keep a complete file of prospects and recommendations, along with comments on
     each individual in a master file using standard profile sheets.

To look behind the scenes and find as much as possible on all prospects and pass this
     information along to the chapter.

To hold weekly committee meetings open to the chapter while maintaining written reports
     in chapter files for future reference.

To analyze the results of your progress, appraise its effectiveness and make
     recommendations to the next committee regarding improvements.

Again, the importance of the recruitment committee cannot be understated. The above list provides broad guidelines and FarmHouse chapters are encouraged to further develop and expand on various responsibilities of the recruitment committee. Each chapter should also identify the ideal size of its recruitment committee based on local campus conditions. A good precept to follow is that the recruitment committee should reflect the diversity of the chapter and be manageable enough to take the leadership role in implementing the chapter's recruitment program.

Recruitment Teams
Some FarmHouse Chapters have found great success in organizing the entire chapter into a "committee of the whole" for recruitment purposes and forming recruitment teams of 3 to 5 brothers. These recruitment teams provide a variety of opportunities for chapter members to meet and recruit potential candidates for membership in FarmHouse.

To establish teams, the Vice President-Recruitment and Recruitment Committee members will need to assess the strengths of each FarmHouse brother. Teams should be organized with chapter members from different classes with different talents. It is important to delegate entire projects to these teams, such as "develop a recruiting brochure," as opposed to, "drop this off at the printer." Teams naturally and systematically involve all brothers in the recruiting effort. Building upon the strengths of top recruiters in the chapter and the "role modeling" of good recruiting techniques to all members is another benefit from recruitment teams. Possible assignments for teams of brothers are:

Publications

Records on prospective members

Specific Events

On-site/Field visits to prospects