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June 20, 2023
Ep. 24: Work-Life Balance, Managing Your Day, And The Importance Of Building Authentic Relationships

Work-Life Balance, Managing Your Day, And The Importance Of Building Authentic Relationships

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About the Episode

On this episode, Jeremy speaks with Higher Ed professional and good friend, Brian Switay. They talk through work-life balance in the admissions world and how it changes after you get married and become a parent. They also hit on working with transfer students, handling tough conversations with senior leadership, as well as the interplay between a sales approach and a personal connection approach in student recruitment. Takeaways include:

2:20 - Work-life balance and handling burnout as a new admissions professional

8:45 - How work-life balance changes when you get married and become a parent

16:50 - Pivoting from undergraduate recruitment to working with transfers, and how the two are different

22:10 - How to prepare for tough conversations with senior leadership

28:25 - How to mesh the sales approach with the personal connection approach

 

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About the Enrollify Podcast Network 

Mission Admission is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you’ll like other Enrollify shows too!  

Our podcast network is growing by the month and we’ve got a plethora of marketing, admissions, and higher ed technology shows that are jam packed with stories, ideas, and frameworks all designed to empower you to be a better higher ed professional. Our shows feature a selection of the industry’s best as your hosts. Learn from Mickey Baines, Zach Busekrus, Jaime Hunt, Corynn Myers, Jaime Gleason and many more. 

Learn more about The Enrollify Podcast Network at podcasts.enrollify.org. Our shows help higher ed marketers and admissions professionals find their next big idea — come and find yours! 

People in this episode

Host

Jeremy Tiers is the Vice President of Admissions Services for Tudor Collegiate Strategies and the host of Mission Admissions.

Interviewee

Brian Switay

Brian is the Assistant Director of Transfers at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ. Having been at TCNJ for 5 years this October, Brian has helped to successfully change the transfer landscape of the institution. Prior to TCNJ, Brian spent almost 6 years at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, including being an admissions counselor and most recently the Assistant Director of Recruitment. Brian has a passion for helping students, colleagues, friends, and family. A native of New Jersey, Brian is an alum of Wilkes University in Pennsylvania where he holds both Undergraduate and Masters degrees.

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