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Everyday challenge dealing with the students
Medical/Dental Assisting Instructor (Former Employee), Hayward, CA – June 11, 2013
Pros: free lunch most of the time
Cons: long gap between classes
Dealing with different attitudes and behavior towards the students. I learned how to deal with difficult personalities, cultures. The management are straight forward in implementing the policies and procedures towards students learning and success. My co-workers are always there for help. The hardest part of the job is how to convince and lead the students – more... to accomplish their goals, dealing with slow learner or with learning disabilities. The most enjoyable part of the job is when we see students marching in the stage and receiving their diploma. – less
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Excellent co-workers
Financial Aid Officer II (Current Employee), San Francisco, CA – June 4, 2013
Pros: benefits, financial compensation, co-workers
Cons: excess work hours, black outs on time off and not flexible with schedule
My experience at Heald college has been a positive one. Excellent benefits and financial compensation. Making personal changes for more balance in work/life time.
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productive, busy, enjoy working with students & staff
Business Faculty (Current Employee), Milpitas, CA – June 4, 2013
Highly productive, interactive, busy work day.
Enjoy working with students and staff.
Day goes by very fast
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Great work, great people but management needs improvment
ADMISSIONS ADVISOR (Current Employee), San Francisco, CA – June 3, 2013
Pros: great work, amazing work colleagues, good benefits
Cons: bad management, hours, expectations
Great place to work. I loved helping students success in life. It was a business of saving lives.
However Since there is a for profit component to the university system, they tend to focus more on the money at times.
A typical work day starts with working with some amazing colleagues, However management and administration needs significant improvements.
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worst work/life balance ever!
Admissions Advisor (Current Employee), CA – May 29, 2013
Pros: benefits
Cons: work hours, environment, and management.
Work schedule is not consistent and varies. Working 6 days a week is a norm and layoffs happen ever few weeks, regardless of what is being informed to employees.
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A productive and professional environment to work.
Career Services Advisor II/ Placement Specialist (Current Employee), Rancho Cordova, CA – April 16, 2013
Pros: make and mold students into great employee's.
Cons: not enough students.
IT is a social services/ sales environment. We must work a team to identify what motivates people to connect with employers and complete for gainful employment on the highest levels. We also network with regional employers and partner with them to fill entry level positions. Site and classroom visits enhance our connection and help us mentor adults – more... in soft skills, professional communication and career development/preparation. – less
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Good...while it lasted
Student Loan Coordinator (Former Employee), San Francisco, CA – April 16, 2013
Pros: pay, location, coworkers
Cons: layoff
Job outsourced. Since CCI bought Heald there were redundant jobs so our department was laid off. No notice was given at all.
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Better than expected for a for-profit college
Instructor (Current Employee), Roseville, CA – March 25, 2013
Pros: excellent teaching experience
Cons: pay isn't great
Immediate supervisor was excellent, understanding, and encouraging. I did not experience a culture of "student as customer." But it is a for-profit school so there is a bit of that in the background.
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Busy and rewarding environment
Library and Learning Resource Center Coordinator (Current Employee), Fresno, CA – March 19, 2013
Learning environment of adult students. Multitasking a must.The most enjoyable part of the job is helping students succeed.
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Every day to serve the needs of our students is a gift, a privilege, an honor and an opportunity to positively impact the lives of our students!
Associate Director of Academic Affairs (Former Employee), Hayward, California – March 14, 2013
Pros: great leadership at heald college's chief administrative offices as well as at local campuses!
Heald College, in celebrating its 150 year anniversary this year, is an outstanding place to work. Every day does not seem like work at all. The typical J.O.B. mentality is not found at Heald College!

Every day to serve the needs of our students is a gift, a privilege, an honor and an opportunity to positively impact the lives of our students!

The – more... local campus leadership is top notch and fosters both team and individual skill building. Elsewhere, bosses often hold back training. At Heald, leadership trains the next group of leaders! – less
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Excellent staff and a highly productive, professional environment
General Office Assistant (Former Employee), Salinas, CA – February 19, 2013
Pros: excellent resources, great staff
Cons: no benefits, no room for growth
A typical day working at Heald College was never predictable. It was rare to have a repetitive routine. This has taught me how to adapt to frequent changes in the workplace. There was three different departments within one department. Everyday I was assigned to the department that needed immediate assistance to meet deadlines. I learned how to assist – more... students and staff while performing additional duties such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, filing, and creating documents. I learned how to navigate through various programs and databases to answer student inquires. The management staff was very helpful and encouraging. I wanted to learn everything I can within the company and the management staff would not hesitate to teach me and allowed me to be the best I can be. My co-workers all worked as a team. The three different departments within our one unit was the Registrar's team, the Program Directors, and the Student Services team. We all worked together to get through the work day. The hardest part of the job was keeping your eyes and ears open to figure out who is leaving the office, who is entering the office and who is present but is unavailable while operating a computer, assisting students and answering phones at the same time but after establishing friendships with the staff their voices, schedule, personalities, and preferences became familiar and this made it easier to keep track of the staff. I enjoyed being able to use my strengths within the company which is multitasking in a fast-paced environment, paying attention to detail, communication skills, and organizational as well as learning new things about how the facility works as a unit. – less
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Home away from Home
Office Assistant (Current Employee), Roseville, CA – February 12, 2013
Pros: part time
Cons: sometimes not to challenging
Im a student as well as an employee. I would love to stay here at Heald love the work environment as well as the high pace sometimes high stress work load. I am only part time and need full time work
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Quite possibly my worst job ever
Admissions rep (Former Employee), San Francisco,CA – February 7, 2013
Pros: benefits, salary(especially if you have previous experience)
Cons: work life balance, advancement, clueless management
Management has no idea how to react to changes in industry landscape. They operate with a" too big to fail mentality", Business practices could sometimes borderline on unethical. Too many unqualified people in KEY positions. Work life balance is almost non-existent. They refuse to embrace technology or forward thinking. For example, while most companies – more... have either gone paperless or are making a push to do so, they still utilize actual calling sheets for admissions reps to reach out to prospective students. They try to manage by fear and motivate through a false sense of accomplishment. If you already have a job avoid this place. If you're not working, take their money while you continue your job search. – less
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Good benefits/Stable company/Love helping people
Admission Advisor (Current Employee), Concord, CA – January 28, 2013
Pros: benefits are excellent
Cons: no opportunity for advancement
Overall,Heald is a stable company. The potential to challenge or pursue other career opportunities at Heald are few to none. My goal is to explore other companies that I can use my creative ability to pursue advancement with challenge in my career.
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Administrative Assistant - Federal Work Study (Former Employee), Milpitas, CA – January 23, 2013
Pros: free gifts
Cons: there was no set schedules
In this job I multi-tasked and did a lot of filing and inventory with files and books. I learned to maintain a clean orgainze environment and know how to keep things up to date. I needed to pay attention that nothing would be pass date as well. My co-workers all helped each other out so that we could get stuff done fast and well done with no mistakes. – more... The hardest part is that sometimes we did not communicate with each other and didn't know where one person left off. I really enjoyed it because I got to meet and realize how it is to work in an office with a lot of different people. – less
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Never a dull moment
General Office Assistant (Former Employee), Hayward, CA – January 15, 2013
Pros: great learning experience
A typlical day at Heald College student services would start by answering phone calls from students to either let us know that they would be out or running late for the day. I would assist the program directors in setting up appointments to see students that wanted to change their classes or had any other issues. I loved my co-workers, we all worked – more... well together and were very close. One of the hardest part of the job was not to let students that were disrescpectful get to you. Always had to stay professional at all times. I enjoyed helping students that took their education seriously and the ones that come by at the end of the day to thank us for helping them. That was a great payoff. – less
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All departments/branches are different experience
Career Services Assistant (Temporary) (Former Employee), Hayward, CA – January 15, 2013
Descent experience. Each department is help accountable for student retention and admissions. Can be stressful. Not the classiest students around.
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Productive and fun to work for various companies while attending Heald College
Accounting Assistant/Student Jobs (Former Employee), Fresno, CA – January 9, 2013
Pros: flexibility
Cons: no benefits
While I attended Heald College, as a full-time student, I was able to work part-time after school each day that provided me with great experience. The career services through Heald College successfully placed me within companies, which I sincerely enjoyed working for. A normal day for me was assisting the accounting departments with the skills and education – more... I had obtained through prior experience. I learned different facets of accounting procedures and took great pleasure performing my responsibilites independently as well as within a team environment. The most enjoyable part of each job was the flexibility and the fun I had, while working with such great employees. The hardest part on some of these jobs was the slow pace, as I anticipated better challenges. Overall this was a very good experience for me. – less
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Very rewarding and learned valuable FA regulations
Financial Aid Processor (Former Employee), San Francisco, CA – January 9, 2013
Pros: location, friendly people
Cons: no room for growth, our department was disband
Our department was disband due to the parent company decided they could do what our department did
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Not much to do
Mentor (Former Employee), Fresno, CA – January 4, 2013
It was a wonderful experience to help everyone with entering into the college life. Management was great, didn't have any co-workers. Hardest part of the job was the odd hours that were set up for me.
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