I had a great experience with how Acadium matched me severally with a mentor/business for a digital marketing apprenticeship.
However, what you claim to be an apprenticeship program was supposed to be a place of learning not a place where those who claim to be your mentors do not teach you a digital skill but resort to giving you some tasks that are meant for experts without even showing you how to go about it.
In the end, your mentor will tell you that he/she needs a more experienced person to do those daunting tasks free of charge.
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Rebecca R.
I love Acadium....but I wished they didn't make the changes they did.
Honestly, Acadium WAS perfect. Before they changed over to matching mentors for us mentees, it was great! We had the option of browsing and searching and selecting who we think would be a great match for us. Honestly, I went through 4. The first apprenticeship was highly successful and I now work part-time for them. My second had to be cut short due to personal reasons; and my third ended early. But I still received amazing learning opportunities with them, and have nothing but great things to say about them and their businesses. The 4th apprenticeship was very successful as well, and I now work part-time for this business as well.
I now work full-time, 40 hours a week, remote at home and doing what I LOVE! I never thought the day would come. I am constantly learning in my jobs, from CRM, social media strategies, to SEO writing and auditing. I even discovered that I love the research side of SEO things versus the writing.
The new matching strategy, unfortunately, I am not a fan of. My account was deactivated after I did not reach out to a "match." The match was nowhere near what I wanted, and 24 hours is too short of a time frame to respond.
I hope Acadium goes back to the way they originally did things. I recommended Acadium to many friends and want them to have the same wonderful experiences I had.
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Ikechukwu A.
Acadium is doing a great job
A friend suggested Acadium to me when I was looking for internship opportunity. I successfully completed my first apprenticeship last year October. It was a great experience and it's surprising that such opportunity is free! Acadium is doing a great job.
In terms of improvement, the automatic matching process is not accurate, Earlier in January, I got an email that my profile was deactivated because I didn't accept an invitation to apprenticeship, I am sure I never received any email or notification regarding a match. I will love to complete more apprenticeships on Acadium but this automatic matching system is not working and I'll be happy if Acadium looks into it and provide a fluid or better ways to match mentors and apprentices.
I do prefer the previous system where apprentices can apply for a suitable apprenticeship opportunity from a list of available ones.
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Eduardo M.
You only get better at things you practice
I am really thankful for the opportunity to get to work on real problems within a team that helped me apply my skills and knowledge to either solve or improve these issues. I learned and gained much needed experience on many fronts (presentations, meetings, etc.). You can only get better at the things you practice and this was that chance, thanks
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Zara K.
Right Place, Right Time!
When I started my apprenticeship, I was unsure in which area of marketing I could or wanted to land my knowledge and skill. Acadium courses and working with Sean Russel as my mentor boosted my confidence and helped me to figure it out. One week after I ended my internship, I found a full-time job. Thank the Acadium team!
Don't forget to go through the courses as they are very useful, straight to the point, and easy to learn. I'm still learning from them.
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AMMAR KAREEM RASHID G.
I am writing my portfolio but there is…
I am writing my portfolio but there is some difficulty with your system. SO, I'm sharing with you to improve my skills. well, I hope to support us.
thanks with pleasure.
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Abuchi
Good customer service
Well, the customer service is readily active to reply you.. 💯
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RBie
It was a great working experience as…
It was a great working experience as newbie, working with Professionals in Acadium. But I'm looking for more experience in Social Media Management, Website Designing and Email Marketing in Digital Marketing.