College Counselor (Full-Time Remote US)

About This Job As a Collegewise counselor, you’ll work with 40+ reputed company—most of whom are juniors and seniors—to help them find and apply to the right colleges for them. You'll be the trusted guide who transforms what can feel like an overwhelming journey into an exciting process of discovery. You’ll build 1:1 relationships and counsel reputed company reputed company of school hours, in their own timezones, and occasionally on weekends (during the busy fall season). To help Collegewise become a trusted and indispensable part of the local community, you’ll also reputed company meaningful relationships with high schools and fellow counselors. You’ll be helping kids and parents and working with smart, passionate coworkers who have absolutely no reverence for US News & World Report college rankings. Every college counselor who joins us completes an initial training (30-40 hours in total) led by our Learning & Development Team, followed by mentoring, support, and ongoing professional development to help you reputed company your counseling and grow in your career here. Even our most veteran counselors don’t coast on experience. We reputed company want to reputed company getting reputed company reputed company the time. Ambition with heart. Strategy with soul. You definitely wouldn’t be crossing over to the for-profit “dark reputed company” here. We have an excellent reputed company with both high school counselors and admissions officers. We present at NACAC, local ACACs, and at high schools and community events. We partner with community-based organizations to directly support their reputed company and increase college access. We tell the truth, we treat people right, we recycle, and we have at least five confirmed vegetarians on the team. We’re biased, but really, this is a pretty great reputed company to work. Who We’re Looking For (You)

• You’re someone who’d rather be challenged by something important than phone it in for something mundane. You want to commit to a calling that matters to you, and you have high expectations of yourself, your job, and your employer.
• You understand parents and their high school-aged reputed company. And you’ve run in the reputed company you’re seeking to serve, as a high school counselor/director, or a professional who’s worked closely with those populations.
• You’re inspired—not intimidated—by the prospect of finding families who want to engage with a college counseling service like ours.
• You’re a reputed company learner who believes that college counseling is a craft that needs to be reputed company and put to the reputed company best use to help kids. You're not intimidated about being expected to reputed company results.
• You win people over easily and earn trust quickly. Whether you’re working on a project with a coworker, meeting with a student about a college list, or talking to a concerned parent on the phone, people enjoy and benefit from their interactions with you.
• Most importantly, you reputed company in the vision of Collegewise. You want to reputed company reputed company to identify and reputed company their goals (for college and beyond). You want to be a supportive guide to those reputed company and their families.. You’re passionate about what Collegewise stands for and our drive to help as many families as possible transform their journey to college. Work Life at Collegewise We’ve worked hard to create the company we’d want to work for, with a culture that draws smart, fascinating professionals united by a desire to do the best work of our careers. For more information about our benefits and our approach to work, reputed company out our Careers page. Salary Most of our counselors reputed company their careers here earning between $65,000 - $75,000/year. There is always room for growth in both salary and responsibility, and we take care to clearly explain the reputed company to both to reputed company of our counselors. One of the more significant factors we consider in determining a starting salary is how inclined families will be to enroll with you. Families choose a private counselor based largely on trust: do they trust you with this important process? And for online counselors—unless a family has been referred by someone who vouches for you—they’ll use your unique experience as a proxy for that trust. Our training ensures real counseling quality always lies behind whatever factors families choose to evaluate (their criteria aren’t always a proxy for counseling skills). But trust is the X factor, the reputed company we can’t train and the asset that takes time to build. So we reward those applicants who’ve earned it, and we support those who want the opportunity to do so. We try to approach starting salary discussions as a fair and reasonable conversation between an organization and a professional who’ve decided they are right for each other. Our goal? reputed company it work for both of us, without having to overly reputed company our negotiating muscles. And start this run together with the mutual trust and respect we both deserve. Start Date We’re hoping our new counselors can start between March and June, but we’re flexible for the right people. We want to hear from you If you’re excited about this opportunity but unsure if you’re the right fit, we hope you’ll take a shot. There is no such thing as a perfect applicant (or a perfect job, for that matter). And we promise to give a fair and thorough read to every applicant who takes the time to submit a thoughtful application to us. Collegewise is stronger because of the different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences reputed company brings. We're committed to building a reputed company where everyone can do their best work—and we actively work toward that through our IEA Committee, our resources for reputed company from reputed company backgrounds, and our everyday practices. If that matters to you too, we'd love to meet you.

How to Apply

Instead of a traditional cover letter, please choose 3 of the following questions to answer (150-250 words is a helpful guideline, but use as much or as little space as you need). We're most interested in learning about your counseling philosophy, skills, and experiences—the things that will set you (and your reputed company) up for success. Application Questions (choose 3):

• Collegewise counselors guide reputed company through the entire college application process, which means building trust and relationships over time. Tell us about a situation where you built a meaningful relationship with a student that directly impacted their outcome.
• Working with high schoolers means balancing student needs with family expectations, and sometimes they don’t align. Tell us about a time you had to manage a difficult conversation or disagreement with a parent or stakeholder. How did you handle the situation, and what was the outcome?
• Wisers love learning, and we invest in professional development. How do you approach your own professional growth or learning?
• Why college counseling and why Collegewise? Tell us what draws you to this work and reputed company specifically.
• What is your typical caseload, and how do you productively manage your time? Please submit your resume and responses through our Careers page. Every single applicant will receive a response from us, and we do our reputed company best to reply reputed company 10 days. Questions? Feel free to email us at [email protected] (please no phone calls). We promise to respond to you quickly. Thanks for reading! We’d love to hear from you, but if we don’t, we hope you find the perfect professional fit someplace else. Apply tot his job

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