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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Does anyone work in college admissions?
After working four years at a basically dead-end job, I've been trying to find a job in college admissions. There are a lot of colleges in my area, so I've applied for all the admissions jobs available, as well as any other jobs within the colleges that I am qualified for/wouldn't mind doing. The admissions jobs naturally all prefer that applicants have experience, which I obviously don't. So my question is, if you work in college admissions, did you take any job in the school and work your way up to that? Or did you get the job with no experience? I'd just kind of like to know what I'm up against in terms of how difficult this will ultimately be.
Re: Does anyone work in college admissions?
I don't work in admissions, but can offer you what I know. I am in HR for a university and do some recruiting.
I recently had to fill an entry-level admissions position. We only posted it on our website - didn't advertise on job boards, etc. In one week, I received 160 applications. Of those 160, nine of them had some admissions experience already. They were the only ones we interviewed.
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<a href="http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/behapybride/?action=viewMy DH works in college admissions. He didn't have any related experience, but he did graduate from the university that he works for. The university he works for is a top-tier school (ranked in the top 15 nationally) and although they never say this in the job ads, they ONLY hire their own grads. I'm not sure if that's a common practice or not.
They have an internship program for current students, and they often hire new grads that have completed the internship program. They also often hire people who have some other kind of "life experience" (my husband's previous job was a retail manager) .
In his office, there's a LOT of turnover, with most people staying only 3 years and then going on to grad school or law school. There are probably an average of 5 openings per year. Because they recruit heavily all over the country, everyone has 8-10 weeks of travel in the fall, and than burns people out pretty quickly.
I worked in the admissions office as an undergrad, and LOVED it. However, there were no open positions at my school when I graduated, plus I had a state grant that would have become a loan had I not completed 2 years of full-time work in my state in the field that I majored in.
So, I worked in my field for a few years, and tried to get into admissions after that. Haven't been successful so far. I even applied to my alma mater (to the person who was my supervisor as an undergrad), and didn't get the job. I've given up on it.