by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesI’ve been getting a lot of questions lately on how to get prospective students to open up and why it’s such a challenge.Let me start by giving you the good news – If you take the information I’m about to give you today and apply it …
13 Things Your Recruits Told Us That You Need to Know
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesWhen an admissions department brings us to campus to lead one of our popular training workshops, part of what we do is conduct extensive focus group research with their student body, specifically their freshmen. The questions we ask produce honest, …
He’s Got the Keys to Helping You Become a Better Recruiter
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesIf you just looked at that picture and have no idea who that guy is, I think student recruitment is probably harder for you than it needs to be…especially if you happen to be an admissions counselor who is under the age of 30.During my client …
How to Begin Telling Your School’s “Story”
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesWhenever we go to lead one of our On-Campus Workshops for a college admissions department, a big part of our job is helping them to develop their “story”.I think stories are vital to the student recruitment process. And just to be clear, when I …
Do You Really Know What Your Prospects Are Thinking?
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesProspective students think differently than you do. But you know this…or do you?I ask because a surprising number of admissions counselors that I talk to don’t realize it, and it’s preventing them from becoming dominant recruiters.Many of …