By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Each year colleges and universities across the country are tasked with large visit events. It’s a recruiting reality that isn’t completely going away anytime soon. This despite the fact that we all know individual visits have a much better …
4 Questions You Need to Ask Right Now
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Each time I lead a recruiting workshop, the last thing we do together is create a list of action points. I ask the admissions staff to come up with three to five things that either they need to improve on individually or as a team, or …
Would Other People Do The Same for You?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Earlier this month, Dave, Krista and their two daughters moved into the house next door to us. My wife Jen and I had briefly met them a few weeks before when they were doing their final inspection.One night while unloading patio …
Here’s How You Can Earn Their Trust
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last week my doorbell rang and standing on my porch was a young salesman who immediately told me that I had some cobwebs around the outside of my house, and that likely meant I had spiders or other bugs inside.Despite me assuring …
They Want More Context From You
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Too often college admissions professionals don’t give prospective students and parents enough context when sharing different parts of their school’s story and value proposition.Here’s what I mean. A lot of admissions counselors …