Career Counselling

We have scientific method to give you advice for your further study planning to the destination country from home country. We believe that you have your own profile, preference, socio-economic background, experience and objective and our focus will be to give right shape for your reason to study abroad.

We manage you through :
Student Profile
Recruitment, Counseling and Enrolment
Pre-departure

Student Profile

Every student is an individual with unique personal aims, motivations, and preferences. However, students can be broadly categorized according to type of student and purpose of study and their categories can help to build student profiles.

Qualifications and Experience

Prospective students can be considered according to their qualifications and experience.
These may limit the courses available to them.

The student counsellor must know the equivalence (and recognition) of home and destination country qualifications. Students’ highest recognised level of qualifications can then be used as the base point for selecting courses. That is, the range of available courses includes those where this base point meets minimum entry requirements. If students wish to study a course above this range, then a bridging course is needed to fill the gap between base point and entry requirements. Potential students can be classified according to the type and level of their qualifications, and hence courses available to them.

Socio-economic Background

The socio-economic background of prospective students influences course selection. Put simply, wealthy students can afford high-quality courses at leading education institutions. Less wealthy students may have to compromise on lower-priced courses at less prestigious institutions. Poorer students may need courses which allow them to work part time to help with their expenses. Students from different socio-economic backgrounds may have different preferences regarding the balance between course price and quality.
Prospective students’ social background should be taken into account when recommending destination countries. Some students may want to experience living in a society different from their own. Other students may be at risk of having great difficulty with social differences in areas such as gender roles and relations, interactions with different social ranks, appropriate public behaviour and language, and so on. The student counsellor should be aware of students’ social background, and be able to advise them about social differences which may affect them.

Purpose of Study

Prospective students can also be categorised according to the purpose of their study. This can affect their choices regarding types of course, institutions, and destination countries.

Recruitment, Counselling, and Enrolment

Recruitment, counselling, and enrolment are at the heart of the student counsellor’s role. Recruitment can occur via a number of methods. Counselling must be relevant to students’ preferences, abilities, and resources and result in optimal course selections for students' various circumstances. The student counsellor must ensure that he/she follows correct enrolment processes. He/she should keep track of advice and assistance given to students, and keep copies of all records in a dedicated student file (paper-based or electronic).

Recruitment Methods

Recruiting students is the first step in the client management process, and can occur in a number of ways. Students can simply "walk in," or be recruited through exhibitions, interviews, and alliances. The student counsellor should be aware of any advertising or promotional campaigns run by the agency or education institution, and in particular any incentives offered in the campaign (e.g., discounts, waiver of fees, etc).

Walk-In

"Walk-in" refers to prospective students who contact the student counsellor directly either physically or virtually. This may result from an advertising campaign, word-of-mouth referral or website. Walk-in students often have a clear idea of the type of course and/or destination country they are interested in before they contact the student counsellor.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions may be attended in collaboration with client institutions. Prospective students may be recruited by the student counsellor or by a representative of the education institution. If the institution’s representative does the actual recruiting, the students may then be referred to the student counsellor for processing. If the institution is present and directly involved in the recruitment activities, application fees may be waived.

Interviews

A representative from the education institution holds interview sessions at the student counsellor’s office. Application fees are often waived in this situation. Interview sessions require prior organisation to ensure that the institution’s representative has interview space and facilities as well as sufficient promotional and information material on hand. Usually the agency promotes the interview sessions through advertising before the event.

Links/Alliances

Sometimes an education institution has an agreement (e.g., articulation, twinning, or study abroad) with another institution. In this situation, a particular agency may be preferred. In addition, education institutions’ websites may refer prospective students to a particular agency for information, counselling, and enrolment.

Counselling

During the recruitment process, the student counsellor advises students on their education, visa, travel, and living options, as well as costs and any other factors which may affect their international study. This advice should be based on the students’ age, education, and socio-economic profiles and their purpose of study, as well as any other issues which may be important to them. While student profiles are important overall, the student counsellor should ensure that relevant advice is tailored to the individual student.

Education and Visa Options

The student counsellor must first advise students on their education and visa options, including:

• Country options
• Study options including institutions, courses, costs, locations, and visa requirements
• Language prerequisites
• Academic prerequisites
• Student visa requirements.

Some students may wish to study in a definite destination country and have some flexibility regarding courses. For other students, the choice of country may be secondary to course selection. For most students, cost is an important consideration.

Travel and Living Options

In addition, students need to be informed of their options regarding travel and living in relevant destination countries, including:

• Travel options
• Accommodation and transport options
• Insurance options
• Health care options
• Finance options.

The student counsellor should advise students about social and cultural factors which may affect them, and take into account students’ lifestyle preferences and cost constraints.

Enrolment

Once students have selected a course (or courses), and can meet the course entry requirements and the cost of fees, travel and living expenses, the next stage is to apply for enrolment. Applications involve:

• Preparation
• Lodgement and processing
• Acceptance or rejection.

Preparation

The student counsellor needs to decide how many applications to send and to which institutions. (This is a judgement for an agency to make as policy.) In general, it is more effective to send a small number of applications to potential institutions because:

• For the student, this provides a choice of programmes at different institutions
• Institutions are more likely to support agencies which send a small number of applications that convert to enrolments rather than a large number of applications with few conversions.

The student counsellor should then assist the students to gather any supporting documentation required for the enrolment applications. This may include:

• Certified copies of their academic history to date, including high school results, vocational or technical certification, and university results and awards
• Certified copies of their language proficiency certification or evidence that they have previously studied in the language of instruction
• For research study, a copy of their research proposal
• Some specialised courses may require evidence of professional experience
• NB: Certified translations are usually required for documentation not in the language of the destination country.

Lodgement and Processing

The student counsellor needs to know how to fill in the relevant enrolment application forms properly, attach supporting documentation appropriately, and submit the application correctly.
Actual enrolment processes vary among education institutions and destination countries, and the student counsellor must be aware of these differences. The application must follow the process flow of the particular institution, as in the following examples: