Vantaggi
There's a cookout every Friday. That's it.
Svantaggi
If you read nothing else of my post, know that the reason this company has such a high rating is due to the fact that during bootcamp, the people who train you will "request" that you write a review based on your experience so far. The way this company makes money is by selling leads to schools, primarily online schools. As an employment specialist, your job is to "help users look beyond their immediate employment needs and think about where they really want to be". This means convincing them they should look into furthering their education. That's it really, and if you can't produce the numbers, you won't be there long. I never felt secure in my position at this company. There was an incredibly high turn over because people couldn't make the numbers or they left for ethical reasons. Don't get me wrong, they sell the job of employment specialist well. Management will insist that it's not a sales job, but it's not true. You are selling the idea of going back to school and often you're selling a specific kind of school or program as certain leads pay more. For example, if a job seeker tells you that they want to be a nurse, an employment specialist will try and "guide" them to a program in Health Care Administration because that lead will pay more. And speaking of pay, there are two pay grades for an employment specialist, commission and base if you don't reach commission. Base pay is 8 dollars and some change, plus "bonuses" for talk time and whatnot, bonuses that can be taken away for things out of your control. If the call volume isn't there, you won't get the talk time, even if you're there, sitting in cue for hours. After you've been hired, you go through "bootcamp". Prepare for two weeks of long hours and inadequate pay. Here is where they'll train you to be a better salesperson, despite what they tell you. You will memorize a script and be given extra information like rebuttals so that when someone explains to you that they're just looking for a job or that they aren't interested in education, you will be able to keep pressing them. And as I said before, during bootcamp you will be asked to write a "completely honest review about your experience so far", before you really see what the company is like. There are some people who can flourish at a company like this, people who are natural born sales people who have no ethical qualms about bullying and tricking people into looking into "college". Don't get me wrong, some people really really want to know more about what opportunities are available to them, but they are few and far between. For everyone else, you will need to sell them the idea or you won't have a job for long.