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Theological Students?
Get Expert Guidance in Implementing Graduate Recruiting Best Practices at Your School of Theology or Seminary
GAPSEMC offers consulting services to supplement, support and fine-tune the graduate recruiting work your theological school's staff, faculty and administration are already doing. Call us when you need to:
- Get a second opinion about important decisions you’re making with seminary recruiting, such as testing new recruitment strategies or launching a new graduate program
- Evaluate the performance of your theological school and recruiting strategies in comparison to similar seminaries around the country
- Obtain an unbiased, objective analysis of the biggest recruiting problems your theological programs face
- Unite and motivate your team … so they work together toward the common goal of taking your seminary recruiting program to the next level
- Discover solutions that work. You recognize that experimentation should be done in research labs, not in your recruiting office. You’re ready to discover what really works … from the #1 expert in theological school recruiting, Tom Jackson.
Four On-Campus Advisory Services—Pick the One that Best Suits Your Needs
On-Campus Recruiting Evaluations
Are you pulling out your hair trying to figure out why your seminary faculty and staff can’t fill your graduate programs? Bring GAPSEMC in for a comprehensive two-day audit of your entire theological school recruiting program. We’ll assess how your seminary is performing across the board:
- How your theological school is positioned against the competition—so you can stand out without being too far out
- How well your recruiting materials speak to potential applicants… and how well they reach your target audience
- How many inquiries you’re generating
- How many applications you receive
- How many accepted candidates enroll
- How cost-effectively your recruiting program is performing
Then we’ll dive into ways that you can improve your team’s performance in every key area of recruiting. At the end of our evaluation, you’ll have a crystal-clear picture of your theological school's recruiting strengths and weaknesses… and exactly what changes are needed to attract more top-notch seminary students.
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On-Campus Consultation
Need a second opinion about the tough decisions you’re making with your recruiting program? Want an objective third party with whom you can brainstorm?
Bring Tom Jackson, America’s #1 graduate recruitment expert to your campus. You’ll get access to Tom’s 39 years of experience in the theological school recruiting trenches—all focused on helping you solve your toughest issues. Ways you can use an on-campus consultation include:
- Accessing closely guarded management techniques to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your recruiting team
- Employing sound strategic thinking to gain an objective, big-picture view of how your recruiting program needs to shift to achieve your enrollment goals
- Getting practical, actionable advice to answer your biggest recruiting questions
- Discovering road-tested tips and proven marketing strategies to recruit the brightest and best theological students
- Gaining an objective opinion about how well your recruitment program is performing compared to industry benchmarks… and practical next steps you can take to improve results
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On-Campus Training
Ready to create a massive shift in the way your theological school recruits students? Train your entire seminary recruiting team at one time—including faculty and administration, as well as your staff.
Team training ensures that everyone gets the same messages, skills and knowledge. It also ensures that everyone shares a vision about where your recruiting program is headed and what role each team member plays. Team training fires up your faculty and staff … then gives them practical tools and an easy-to-follow plan to ensure that their enthusiasm quickly translates into measurable results.
Our training programs can be delivered on-site at your campus. So you can choose the training dates that are most convenient for your team, while also saving on costly travel expenses.
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On-Campus Financial Aid Consulting
Financial aid is one of the most powerful tools you can use to recruit more theological students. Yet most seminaries and graduate programs do not get the biggest “bang” for their financial aid buck.
During this on-campus consultation, we’ll focus exclusively on your financial aid program. You’ll discover:
- How to identify which forms of financial aid are most appealing to which theological students
- Methods for strategically targeting which applicants receive scholarships, assistantships, grants, loans, work-study jobs, and other sources of support
- How to leverage your financial aid dollars to recruit the maximum number of theological students
- Ways to position your financial aid to strengthen its appeal and encourage more students to say “yes” faster
- How to turn your financial aid into a selling point that helps you stand out from the crowd
- How to effectively use your financial aid to raise the awareness of your theological school without putting more money into your student aid budget
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