Cristo Rey Dallas students work in more than 150 businesses and organizations across North Texas, learning valuable professional skills while earning about 50% of their high school tuition.
Cristo Rey Dallas at Work
When Cristo Rey Dallas students are in the workplace, you’ll find that their impact can be that of a full-time salaried employee. Here’s a few ways students operate in varying industries:
Real Estate
- Research properties using Costar to assist brokers
- Utilize public records websites to research property ownership
- Create Facebook ads and update Twitter accounts
- Review resumes, websites, documents and databases (MailChimp, Acumatica and Salesforce) to ensure accuracy
Legal
- Call and send payment notifications for clients
- Manage digital documents and ensure that all files are labeled and organized
- Greet clients, transfer phone calls and validate parking tickets at reception
- Assist in the marketing department with verifying information on the website and inventory of gifts
Architecture
- Use Pivot Tables in Excel to generate project cost comparisons and reports of employee time submissions
- Assist in designing spaces utilizing Rivet and materials selection
- Research and call to verify vendor and client information and update database for employees, clients and vendors
- Reimage computers and replace hard drives
- Create client and employee profiles using Photoshop and InDesign to crop and update photos
Financial
- Schedule interviews, create new hire packets and escort job candidates in the human resources department
- Verify vendor compliance
- Greet and help with customer transactions at the teller window and make deposits and withdrawals
- Generate reports analyzing results of social media for companies and their competitors.
- Plan and assist with outreach programs such as Community Reinvestment
We’re Happy to Help
To learn how Cristo Rey Dallas brings value to the workplace, contact Anthony Valente at avalente@cristoreydallas.org.