Enrollment Counselor
United States
Spoke with prospective students about their education and career aspirations, helped match their needs to an IT degree plan and guide them through the enrollment process using SalesForce software.Role requires ability to anticipate concerns and needs of students enrolling and counsel them on their long-term plans and how school fits into their day-to-day life. Also required ability to anticipate possible issues with enrollment and troubleshoot them if they cannot be avoided, and coach students on possible action plans to address those issues.Took escalation calls for enrollment issues.Served as new hire mentor for new enrollment counselors.Provided quality coaching for fellow ECs with students in danger of escalation, recommended techniques for relaying information on admissions requirements and degree content to put students at ease.Led several educational seminars for coworkers over IT certificates offered by WGU, including information covered, relation to degree plans, and proper messaging for students pursuing certs to meet WGU admissions requirements, and which degrees translate to which roles in information technology.Oversaw additional New Hire training for enrollment, acclimating new hires to Careforce, IT programs and certificates offered at WGU. Delegated and oversaw development of individual training modules by other Enrollment Counselors and personally developed and presented several.