Vantaggi
The people I worked with were amazing! They were super friendly and made the transition into a new job so much easier for me because of it.
Svantaggi
You are OVERWORKED in the Financial Aid Department. You are the only person in charge of every aspect in financial aid— processing verifications, compliance, operations, scholarships/state grants, the list continues. YOU are the ONLY one responsible of a WHOLE department for ONE school. That means you get to play catch up anytime you miss a day or go on vacation :) You deal with prospects, transfers, current students and students about to graduate; you honestly deal with more students than anyone in the school. You will see that the higher ups will invest money into admissions, retail, and educators, but there are never any intentions to hire anyone in Financial Aid... this is honestly a stupid move on the company’s part considering that Admissions RELIES on FA to meet quotas, and Financial Aid guarantees the only thing this company cares about: money. The company is cheap, and they will overwork and underpay you for your work; in fact, you are only limited to 40 hrs a week since the company does not want to pay over time for your work.... you will be stuck between choosing to leave things a mess at 40 hours or continue to work OFF THE CLOCK to get whatever you want to get done; it’s completely unfair. Oh and good luck if you don’t have any background in Financial Aid since you are only given 3 official days of training (while Admissions Managers get two weeks of it), after that, you are thrown into this job and are to figure it all out on your own...