Overview

The Responsibilities:

• Proactively manage and respond to a high volume of prospective students efficiently; make 50-75 calls per day to student leads
• Own targets and manage a robust student pipeline; build and cultivate relationships on an ongoing basis to drive results
• Interview prospective students to ensure that their qualifications and interest are a match for our programs
• Use Salesforce to manage and track student lead pipeline
• Implement and stick to a contact strategy by prioritizing leads
• Ask the right questions on calls to assess a student’s needs and tailor a conversation to answer questions and council on the available potential solutions and GA’s offerings
• Drive conversions of leads to students through strategic and consultative phone or in-person conversations
• Counsel prospective students on understanding the value of and commitment to the GA program – you’re going the help them make a big life change!
• Host and lead in-person info sessions on campus to greet prospective students, provide information about GA courses and convert leads

Requirements:

• 1-2 years proven experience in consultative sales, consumer sales, admissions or recruiting.
• 4-year Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Strong cold-calling experience a plus
• Exceptional closing skills while still remaining welcoming, understanding, and empathetic
• Driven by meeting numbers and experience exceeding quotas, driving for results in a target-driven environment
• Ability to think on your feet, try new approaches and bounce back when things don’t go your way
• Outstanding communication skills and ability to influence others internally and externally
• Ability to tie an individual’s wants and needs into a logical solution
• Confidence pitching to in both 1:1 and 1:many situations