What services do Korean study abroad institutions generally provide?
Generally speaking, study agents will provide "one-stop" services such as career planning, study abroad planning, study abroad preparation and arrangement guidance, study abroad documents, "magnetism" and visa application counseling. However, there are differences between different study agents and consultants in the implementation and quality of the above services.
The core of study abroad consultation or service should be career planning and study abroad planning, but it has been misunderstood by everyone, or it has been made into such procedural and transactional work as "applying for a school" and "applying for a visa" by some low-level study abroad agents.
A truly successful study abroad must be based on career planning and study abroad planning. Although there are many uncertainties in a person's career development, it will go through many stages and even turning points. However, as a person who gives advice on career planning, he should at least give advice that conforms to certain scientific laws and objective reality in combination with students' learning background, personality characteristics, learning potential and hobbies, and don't rush to preach the simple conclusion that learning business is not good or learning business is very good.
What specific conditions should a good overseas study consultant have?
1) has some experience.
If the study abroad consultant has many years of industry experience, he can more accurately locate the application scheme for studying abroad for students and be better at providing relatively scientific suggestions for students' career planning. For consultants studying in the United States, it is difficult to be familiar with information and skilled without considerable years of experience, because of the huge scale of American education itself. There is a great mobility of talents in the study abroad intermediary industry, whether from one institution to another or from the study abroad intermediary industry to other industries. Generally speaking, there are few overseas study consultants with more than 5 years' experience in this industry.
2) Wide knowledge and diverse knowledge structure.
Students' situations vary widely, their parents' backgrounds are different, their expectations are different, and their professional backgrounds and career goals are also different. Without a relatively wide range of knowledge, it is difficult to communicate effectively when consulting abroad, to make forward-looking scientific suggestions on major selection and career development, and to really provide services.
3) Be good at innovation and have good inspiration quality.
Studying abroad at one's own expense is no longer the patent of a few top academic students and a few rich families. More and more outstanding students choose to study abroad, and many of them have good conditions in exam results, extracurricular activities, research and practical experience. How to make a student look different and meet the enrollment requirements and preferences of foreign institutions is a difficult problem. Without a certain sense of innovation and inspiration, the so-called "excellent documents" and "packaging" are difficult to really reach the designated position, and it is likely to become dull and waste students' excellent materials.
4) Have and be good at data analysis.
This requirement is too high for overseas consultants, and most people in the industry do not have it. The truly professional study abroad consultants are engaged in the "technical work" of consulting. They need to analyze the data information of industries and colleges over the years and make a horizontal and vertical comparative analysis, so as to more accurately locate and formulate application strategies for students, and face the constantly adjusted visa policy and college enrollment policy, they can calmly cope with it and help students succeed.