New Horizons Employer Reviews

I was very lucky to be a part of this organization. The woman there were some of the hardest workers I have ever encountered. They are selfless, honest, compassionate and a very needed part of our community.

It was a nice place to work at. Sometimes it was hard but I loved what I did.

Good Trainings and Preparations for field jobs. Nice atmosphere and staff members.

A very fun place to work with good management and a fulfilling role in society.

I was under the impression that I worked for a global organization, come to find that I worked for the equivalent of a small, Mom and Pop owned franchise.

As superior competition, (Global Knowledge, Directions), offers a robust schedule of Traditional instructor led training, New Horizons CHICAGO is moving towards offering an ALL ONLINE virtual training – more... menu. HQ in Michigan has their own concept of what the world wants, and an unrealistic approach to the Chicago marketplace. The majority, if not all of this particular franchise's live instructor led courses are located in HQ (Michigan) and they have very limited competition there, yet they compare their market almost equally to Chicago. This dynamic force plays into the Chicago management team's relentless and ongoing state of panic.

Terrible management gets neurotic at month end and encourages you to lose credibility with your clients by pushing sales through when they aren't ready to close. They do not want you to focus on servicing your clients to establish LONG-TERM, EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS or providing them the service that will create loyalty. What they want is for you to close transactional sales and move on to the next client. Their hell-bent approach to sales forecasting reveals how tiny this operation truly is, and exposes the fact that they are operating on a shoestring budget.

The overly metric-based performance measurement and micro management by unqualified management, coupled with negative culture and atmosphere will affect your day to day work flow. You will work hard and make strides, only to be brought down by management.

Ultimately the Chicago office will continue to struggle as they've always done, in finding an identity. They will continue the vicious, "revolving door," cycle of losing good people and hiring new people in hopes of changing something without addressing the root cause – less

answer and place calls. read from a script to each caller which seemed to be boring as the script never changed. The pay was low and did not meet the financial situation.

There really is no typical day at work. Everyday is something different and you learn something new all the time.

New Horizons Solutions is a small business start-up. I used every skill imaginable to start and run this company. The focus of the company is to reach individuals in the Medicaid population with preventive health screens. I enjoyed the challenge of starting and running a company. The hardest part is accessing capital to grow.

Sales associates are commission driven and often interfered with teaching environment. They often played favorites with some students which made teaching very difficult.

I really enjoyed working with New Horizons. The atmosphere was always exciting. This job was fast pace and fulfilling at the same time.

Sold computer training and Microsoft and Cisco certifcation. Left for a better opportunity.

FUN PEOPLE TO BE AROUND !! GREAT HOURS & GREAT PAY. LOVED THE COSUMERS & AMAZING BOSS

New Horizons provides an opportunity for employees to interact with people of diverse backgrounds based on the type of organization. The most enjoyable part of my job is interacting with our patrons. You learn about different cultures, core values, and beliefs.

New Horizons is a wonderful resouce for those in the community with certain needs. As a Employment specialist I had to lovely opportunity to councel individuals with different background on how to market themselves to employers. The hardest part of the job was working with a boss who was contracted in and didnt really care about the needs and what really – more... benefitted the clients. – less

The most enjoyable part of the job is helping other's to successfully reach thier goals.

Managing current account base and prospecting for new clients to build sales pipeline.

A weekly scheduler to promote every person is seen at least once a week to ensure proper teaching. Staff member goes to the consumer's home to teach them what the psychiatrist request is their needs. Staff make a least 2 phone calls to keep in touch and keep a connections between the staff and the consumer. I love that I can make my own schedule and – more... off days, but do not have benefits. – less

Was a franchised Verizon wireless dealer that mostly dealt with business accounts. It was a salary and commission based job. I was a office manager and was in charge of getting larger company's and business to use our cellular service. I went into a local Hospital that provided phones to certain staff members and set up a new account with them for 15 – more... lines of service. I was never paid the commission for this account and then they refused my paychecks for 2 weeks after. – less

I enjoyed my drive into work everyday. I learned a lot right from the very beginning of my employment. They worked very well around my schooling and my finals. Overall it's a very supportive work place.

I made 100 calls a day.
Worked with funding agencies to gain funding for individuals who couldn't afford secondary education the opportunity to become certified.
Worked in a team environment to create technical tracks that would gain updated certifications to technical buisnesses and their employees.
My co-workers were extremely supportive.
The hardest – more... part of the job was seeing some students fail the certification tests knowing that they would need to retake to do better.
The most enjoyable part of the job was the ability to grow within the company. – less