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    American Career College Reviews

    Updated July 29, 2017
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    1. "Great expierence"

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      Former Employee - Admissions
      Former Employee - Admissions
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Career College full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Worked in admissions for about a year and learned a lot! It was my first job working in a medium sized corporation. Though I agree the management from directors is hit and miss the regional director and VP at the time were awesome to learn from and always kind to me. Know if you are going to admissions you should feel confident in your sales skills.

      Cons

      None directly about the company. Director of admissions changed a couple of times which made it hard on the team.

      Advice to Management

      Maybe find a way to connect employees as a team. Maybe an employee engagement program would be effective given the size of the company.

    2. "Relaxed culture, but monotonous"

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      Current Employee - Sales Representative in Irvine, CA
      Current Employee - Sales Representative in Irvine, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Career College part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - People are nice
      - Great breakroom
      - Clean facilities

      Cons

      - Monotonous job
      - Average 9-5 type of jobs where you sit at your desk all day
      - No sense of community culture within the company

      Advice to Management

      Set up more activities for employees to work and collaborate together so they are not stuck behind a cubicle all day.

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "Dental Assisting Instructor"

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      Former Employee - Dental Assisting Instructor in Long Beach, CA
      Former Employee - Dental Assisting Instructor in Long Beach, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at American Career College full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great working environment, Upper management is great

      Cons

      Need to update curriculum more often to keep it fresh and relevant

      Advice to Management

      Need more training for new lower level managers

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Education Administration"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I have been working at American Career College full-time

      Pros

      Some co workers are great, like family, they watch out for each other. Many instructors and staff really love the students. Great work/life balance for all employees.

      Cons

      Not too much room for advancement, college administration doesn't communicate too well with campus employees.

      Advice to Management

      More communication with employees.

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Terrific work environment and staff"

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      Current Employee - Project Assistant in Irvine, CA
      Current Employee - Project Assistant in Irvine, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at American Career College full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      -Beautiful workplace with great amenities
      -Work/life balance can be awesome depending on department you work
      -Pay is solid
      -Select managers are excellent to work with

      Cons

      -Not much room for growth or long-term career
      -Turnover rate is very high
      -Some managers can be difficult to work with

      Advice to Management

      Try to retain employees and work on training more current employees to be successful and to stay with organization.

    6. Helpful (2)

      "Great Company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Admissions Support Coordinator in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Admissions Support Coordinator in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at American Career College full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      The students learned from some of the best professionals instructors in the field, and learned hands on using the most up to date technology in the labs. This made me feel happy to show off to potential students. The work environment was enjoyable, professional and rewarding. I must say that i have learned many hard and soft skills.

      Cons

      It would have been nice if there were more growth opportunity, for example a management training program for employees.

    7. Helpful (3)

      "Receptionist"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Long Beach, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Long Beach, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at American Career College part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great area and great people!

      Cons

      High turn-over and shady management.

      Advice to Management

      Give your employees higher pay and better benefits.

    8. Helpful (2)

      "Run....run as fast as you can."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Anaheim, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Anaheim, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at American Career College full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Students. It should be about the students but it isn't. This is a vocational school where how we get paid is with students enrolled.

      Cons

      Everything else. Management is horrible. If you don't kiss butt you will get fired. Students pass classes and go to extern and have no clue what to do. They are unprepared. This school will keep a student at all cost. If you don't like to kiss upper managements butt and won't do unethical things then this is not the place for you. RUN

      Advice to Management

      You should come to a campus and actually see what happens there and what someone has to do ethical or as usual unethical to enroll a student.

    9. "A Good Place"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at American Career College full-time

      Pros

      There are many good people and it's a pretty good work environment.

      Cons

      Some turnover which is probably due to people not seeing it as a long term job. Could pay a little better to its more tenured employees

    10. Helpful (2)

      "Poor Leadership and Management at the Top"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I have been working at American Career College full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Movement to switch teaching locations as an instructor. Friendly co-workers.

      Cons

      No movement for corporate employees, no investment with employees, turnover is extremely high, lack of training, Executive Directors seem loss at campuses. Poor pay and over worked. I'm constantly covering for instructors because other instructors leave mid-term. Lots of Student complaints.

      Advice to Management

      Invest more time with staff, pay increase, decrease the turnover problem.

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