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Counsellor

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Be a good listener
  • 1+ years of overseas education experience
  • Well-versed with counseling and processes for admissions for USA, UK, Canada, Australia, etc

Responsibilities

  • Guide students every step of their journey to discovering their dream university and program
  • Assist students with university and course selection, guidance on scholarships, RA/TA, profile building, financing options, and visa processes for key countries
  • Set rigorous follow-up mechanisms with students and the universities abroad
  • Be there for students on a daily basis to ensure their concerns are addressed and follow up with universities and internal teams to ensure their application process runs smoothly

Key facts

  • Remote from: Anywhere
  • Full time
  • Junior (1-2 years)
  • English

Other skills

  • Team Management
  • Non-Verbal Communication
  • Active Listening
  • Willingness To Learn
  • Humility
  • Accountability

About the company

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Yocket

E-Learning / EdTech

Founded in 2015, Yocket is today the largest community-driven online platform for international education. We help students aspiring to study abroad by connecting them to the best universities in the world. To date, we have helped more than 700,000 students plan their international education. Yocket For Students: Yocket is the perfect place to start your research and understand the process for studying in countries such as the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, and many more. Yocket uses data science and ML combined with the power of the user community to accurately match students to more than 50,000 courses and specializations from 1200 international universities. Further, there's access to application deadlines and tools to track universities’ decisions, prepare for tests, or connect with alumni and university reps. Yocket For University Representatives: Yocket is a great online platform for you to reach out to thousands of aspirants from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria and many more countries. Start with your international student recruitment process on Yocket by answering relevant questions from students considering to apply to your university, understand and address their concerns, or create awareness about your university through webinars or participating in our annual virtual fair in partnership with EducationUSA India. We’ve worked with more than 150 universities from USA, UK, Canada, Australia and helped them achieve fantastic results. Work at Yocket: We're transforming the way students plan their higher education abroad. If you like what we do, join our growing team at Yocket. We love to keep a free-spirited, fun-loving, and young work environment. If you believe in persistence, work efficiency, and consistently delivering customer satisfaction and a superb customer experience tell us what you can do best at Yocket. Send us greetings on jobs@yocket.in and we may invite you for a cup of coffee!

Company details

IndustryE-Learning / EdTech
Company size201 - 500

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Job description

This is a remote position.

About us

Yocket is the largest and most vibrant online community for international education, connecting over 1 million students worldwide to the world’s best learning opportunities. Established in 2015, Yocket specializes in premium counseling services, helping students gain admission to top universities like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and many others. Our comprehensive services include expert counseling, test preparation, visa assistance, and educational loans in partnership with leading financial institutions.

At Yocket, we dare to be different!! We live by the 10-minute principle!


Spend just 10 minutes with a Yocketer, and one (or more) of these 5 things will happen:

You’ll share a good laugh

You’ll feel right at home

You’ll learn something new

You’ll walk away with something to check out later

You’ll feel more motivated to take action

We believe, ours is a noble cause-

We are Empowering students, Inspiring each other, Transforming education.


Job Description

This is a remote position. As a counselor, you play a key role in a student's life. You are helping them make a big decision on a career path and choice of university, so take pride and responsibility in such a massive undertaking.

● Guide students every step of their journey to discovering their dream university and program

● Assist students with university and course selection, guidance on scholarships, RA, TA, etc., profile building, financing options,& determine the interest, aptitude, and abilities and help guide them on the Visa processes for key countries

● Setting rigorous follow-up mechanisms with students and the Universities abroad

● Setting new benchmarks in student experiences and services

● By being digital, we are changing the way study abroad counseling is conducted. Embrace technology to provide real-time, high-quality counseling services with the latest information at your fingertips.

● Be there for students on a daily basis to ensure their concerns are addressed and follow up with universities and internal teams to ensure their application process runs smoothly.

● Help the clients in making a list of all documents needed while submitting their applications.

● Help the clients with SOP Analysis and Improvements, Assistance for LORs, Resume editing, and Financial Documentation Support.

● Assist the clients with Visa applications & help them to prepare for the Visa interview

● Manage internal support teams to ensure the overall student experience is of the highest quality and all timelines are met



Requirements

Requirements

Excellent oral and written communication skills Be a good listener 1+ years of overseas education experience.

Well-versed with counseling and processes for admissions for USA, UK, Canada, Australia, etc Willingness to learn and be humble Graduation/ Masters in Counseling or psychology will be an advantage



Benefits

Benefits

● Medical Insurance for you and your family members

● No boss-kind culture (We have mentors, not bosses, bring your idea to the table without any hesitation)



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