College Counselor
Overview of Job Description
As a college counselor, you will take part and lead the initial consultations with prospective students/parents. You will build a developing casework and relationship with the students; gather and provide necessary resources to help enhance students’ academic competitiveness; advise students on academic/extracurricular/financial choices to help with their on-going college application process.
Responsibilities
You must be able to persuasively lead initial consultations with prospective students and parents.
As a counselor you are expected to be able to evaluate students’ qualifications (strength and weakness), create and build personalized casework in cooperation with students, and be able to consult and guide students in identifying their desired fields of study.
You will be expected to advise students on course selection and assist with registering for online courses or exams, communicate with school counselors if necessary, and offer outside resources (financial/extracurricular/academic/Summer Programs) to further improve students’ competitiveness as a college applicant. This means you must be able to guide students in finding college workshops and assist in contacting outside organizations (volunteers, internships, college admins), while also consistently checking/following-up with students during the course of the school year.
We ask that you formulate a general framework of counseling for potential supervision of assistant counselors, establish a student's’ log book and record their academic/college application process, and that you are up-to-date with the current educational system and college trends.
Qualifications:
Prior experience in academic consulting/counseling.
Strong persuasion and clear communication skills.
Punctual and organized, as the job can sometimes be overwhelming with large number of students to track.
B.A/B.S. required
Job Type
Part/Full-time
