About SkillCred
SkillCred is an edtech platform helping engineering students and early-career professionals become job-ready through mentor-verified, project-based learning across 8 tech streams — Full Stack, AI/ML, Data Science, DevOps & Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, Mobile Development, and IoT. Our learning journey follows a simple path: Learn → Build → Verify → Get Hired.
About the Role
We're looking for a Career Counselor to work with us on a contract basis. This is a counseling-led sales role: you'll speak with inbound student leads, understand their career goals, and guide them toward the right SkillCred stream — converting conversations into enrollments for our pilot cohorts.
Responsibilities
- Connect with inbound leads (from ads, website, referrals, college outreach) via calls/messages and convert them into enrolled students
- Run 1:1 counseling conversations to understand a student's goals and recommend the right stream/specialization
- Clearly communicate SkillCred's value — mentor verification, project-based learning, Career Hub access — to move leads toward enrollment
- Follow up consistently with warm leads and maintain a healthy conversion pipeline
- Track counseling/conversion metrics and report on lead status, objections, and outcomes
- Coordinate with the marketing team on lead quality and messaging feedback
Requirements
- Experience in admissions counseling, inside sales, tele-counseling, or ed-tech/education sales (freshers-to-tech-jobs counseling experience is a strong plus)
- Comfortable owning a conversion target and working with a lead pipeline
- Robust communication and persuasion skills; confident on calls and in follow-ups
- Familiarity with the tech/IT hiring landscape helps build credibility with students
- Based in or able to work with students in Chennai; open to remote/hybrid arrangements
How to Apply
- Interested candidates can apply directly through this posting or send their profile to
[email protected] with "Career Counselor Application" in the subject line.
📌 Career Counselor (Contract) (Chennai)
🏢 Skillcred
📍 Chennai