August 2001-June 2004: Admissions Counselor
Duties:
-Recruitment of Midwestern secondary students to a private boarding school
-Marketing for my territory
-Establishing relationships with feeder schools
-Planning all recruitment related events
-Continuous and creative correspondence with each inquiry and applicant
-Training student ambassadors in on-campus marketing/hospitality cues
This one is always difficult to put on the resume. In the first place, Midwesterners see boarding schools as hoity toity institutions of snobby snobs (not ENTIRELY true). They also fail to see the great connections that students make at boarding schools, giving them an advantage when they matriculate at college. Convincing them of the above is hard enough. Add a price tag of $25,000 per year when they could also attend the local 'just fine' public school and it was a really difficult job.
But one at which I was successful.
In the second place, it is difficult to put on the resume because, well, I was fired. How many times when you hear the phrase "its not you, its me" do you believe it? Never if you're over 16 years old. But thats what happened. Even my colleagues were angry at the administration's decision. My boss had to deliver the news but word got back later that he felt forever guilty about this decision. Turns out, the head of school was offended that I was the only dissenting voice to a pet initiative. I was very gentle, of course, but the only one who spoke up. This initiative was actually a whole new marketing scheme and he wanted people on his side (read: yes men).
Anyways, I'm only in my early 30s and these are the only 3 post college positions I have held prior to becoming a mother. This gives me room to beef up the descriptions for each.
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