Hire student success coordinators, vetted in 10 calendar days

Student success coordinators, tutor coordinators and retention specialists whose whole job is contacting the students nobody has heard from. Shortlist in 10 calendar days on either hiring model.

Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented
Global talent starting at $12/hr
US talent starting at 12.5% of first-year salary

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Roles we staff

Student success and retention roles

Student success and retention seats Attendance watched, tutoring booked and quiet leavers called first.
  • Student Success Coordinator

  • Tutor Coordinator

  • Help Desk Support Specialist

  • Retention Specialist

Don't see your role? No problem. We staff 100+ roles across 10+ departments, so tell us what you need.

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What administrative staffing takes off your plate

Quiet attrition Spotted from attendance, not from a form
Retention outreach Scheduled calls, not hopeful emails
Tutoring coordination Booked while the student still wants it
Term start spikes Answered without borrowing teaching staff
Support requests Resolved at first contact
Transparent pricing

Two ways to hire. Transparent pricing.

Every student services role prices the same way. Both models carry the same bar: vetted candidates in 10 calendar days and 5-Stage Vetting. The guarantee differs by model: 60-day replacement on US Direct Hire, 100% performance replacement on Global Fully Managed.

Specialist recruiters 5-Stage Vetting Vetted candidates in 10 calendar days
GlobalFully Managed
Starting at
$12/hour

Exceptional talent from Latin America, the Philippines, South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Canada, from $12/hr. One monthly fee, all-inclusive: sourcing, vetting, payroll, compliance, and ongoing support.

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USDirect Hire
One-time placement fee, from
12.5%of salary

Full-time professionals across the United States, employed directly by you. One placement fee: from 12.5% of first-year salary, with the $995 retainer credited against it. Prefer nothing upfront? From 15%, paid only when you hire. Traditional agencies charge 20-30% of salary for the same search.

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Not sure which desk to fill first?

Name the work that is slipping. We will recommend the seat that fixes it, the right model for it, and share expected cost and timeline.

When to hire

When students stop attending quietly

Most teams wait too long. These are the points where the seat pays for itself immediately.

Students stop attending Attendance drops long before anyone formally withdraws.
Nobody makes the call Outreach is intended, scheduled, and then never happens.
Term start overwhelms Enrollment questions arrive faster than staff can answer.
Tutoring booked too late Support arrives after the student has already disengaged.
Do any of these sound familiar?
  • Students stop attending before they withdraw.
  • Outreach is scheduled and never happens.
  • Term start buries the whole team.
  • Tutoring is booked after disengagement.
  • Attrition is counted, not prevented.
  • Nobody calls the students who went quiet.
How it works

How our hiring process works

Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented. Every administrative candidate passes 5-Stage Vetting with AI-assisted screening, and you see vetted candidates in 10 calendar days.

AI-assisted screening

Every application is screened against the role's real requirements before a recruiter reviews it.

Skills assessment

Candidates prove the core skills the role needs through practical, job-specific tasks.

Communication and culture

We assess English fluency, communication, and fit for how your team actually works.

Background verification

Work history, credentials, and identity are verified before any candidate advances.

Reference checks

We speak to past managers to confirm performance before a candidate reaches you.

Model fit

Where your student services staff work best

Hire in the US when
  • Campus drop in support needs presence
  • Counseling carries a licensing requirement
  • The seat attends orientation in person
Hire globally when
  • Retention outreach is scheduled calling
  • Tutoring coordination runs on a timetable
  • Help desk questions arrive in your system

Both models carry the same vetting bar and the same guarantee. Pricing for each is above.

Role / responsibility Global US direct hire Why
Retention outreach calls Global Scheduled work, staffs globally
Attendance monitoring Global System task with no location benefit
Tutoring coordination Global Timetable work, runs remotely
Help desk questions Global Ticket work, staffs globally
Campus drop in support US direct hire Students walk up in person
Counseling and welfare cases US direct hire Usually requires local licensing
Alumni and re-enrollment outreach Global Scheduled calling, staffs globally
Student record updates Global System work, runs from anywhere

One partner, onshore and global

A US office manager working alongside two fully managed global assistants is a Tuesday, not an exception. You pick the model per desk and we run both under one partner.

Proof

What our clients say.

"I run an ecomm business and have worked with people remote but needed new hires. HireHawk has been incredible. Great talent, great people, great onboarding, great pricing."

"It was very easy working with HireHawk, from looking for viable candidates, the interview process, all the way to implementation of your hire, they handle it all. We are also very happy with our hire. Very easy and seamless process."

"HireHawk filled two senior roles in under two weeks. The candidates were sharper than anything our in-house recruiter surfaced in months."

Growing US companies use HireHawk for vetted candidates in 10 calendar days, onboarding in 21 days, and a guarantee behind every placement: 100% performance replacement on Global Fully Managed, 60-day replacement on US Direct Hire.

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Staffing agency HireHawk

HireHawk is a staffing agency for growing US companies that staffs student support desks for colleges, schools and training providers. Candidates are screened on attendance patterns, retention outreach, tutoring coordination and the check in calls that happen before a withdrawal.

FAQ

Administrative Support staffing, answered

What does a student services desk own?

It runs the support around the academic calendar: enrollment questions at term start, tutoring coordination through the middle, and retention outreach at the points where students disengage. The failure it exists to prevent is invisible attrition, because students rarely announce they are leaving. They stop attending.

Who hires student services staff through HireHawk?

Colleges, schools and training providers, usually after a cohort finished smaller than it started and nobody could say when the students actually left. Both hiring models carry a guarantee: 100% performance replacement on Global Fully Managed, 60-day replacement on US Direct Hire.

Can student services be staffed globally?

Most of it can. Outreach calls, tutoring coordination, help desk support and retention tracking all run on the phone and in your systems, so they staff globally from our six core talent markets. In-person counseling and campus drop-in support stay with staff on your payroll.

How quickly can we add retention outreach?

Shortlist in 10 calendar days from the discovery call, onboarding in 21 days. Both sourcing and 5-Stage Vetting run inside that window. Attrition happens at predictable points in a term, so tell us where yours sits and we will aim the start date ahead of it rather than after.

How do you vet student support candidates?

5-Stage Vetting with AI-assisted screening, plus an outreach exercise: a student who has missed three sessions without explanation, and what the first contact should say. Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented. Warmth without pressure is hard to fake in writing, which is why we test it that way.

What does a retention seat cost?

Global Fully Managed from $12/hr all-inclusive, month to month. Set that against the tuition value of the students who quietly stop attending each term, which is the number this desk is actually measured on. US Direct Hire is $995 plus 12.5% of first-year salary.

Is outreach to struggling students appropriate to outsource?

The contact is, the counseling is not. A dedicated seat calling students who have missed sessions is administrative outreach, and it happens far more reliably than when it competes with teaching. Anything that becomes welfare or mental health support routes to your own qualified staff immediately.

When in the term should the seat start?

Before your attrition point, not after it. Most providers can name the week where students start disappearing. Work backwards from that: shortlist in 10 calendar days and onboarding in 21 days means starting the search around six weeks out gives you someone trained and calling in time.

Ready to reach students before they go?

Tell us where your attrition happens. Vetted candidates reach you in 10 calendar days.

Vetted candidates in 10 calendar days
Every placement guaranteed
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