Herzing College : Winnipeg
Herzing College : Winnipeg is a established in (unknown). The campus is located in and hosts students with an endowment of .
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Run. Don’t walk away.
My classes were enjoyable and informational. I liked that my instructor was someone who had worked in the field (legal assistant) and had hands-on experience.
I found the post-graduation help to be invaluable. I was placed with one firm for my internship, but two weeks in I was finding I wasn’t learning much. I contacted the school and they were able to find me a different internship for my final two weeks, which ended up being a much more positive experience.
Before we graduated, we were assisted with creating effective resumes and cover letters and had mock interviews to brush up on our interview skills. We were given a legal directory with the names of all of the practising lawyers in the City. I sent my cover letter and resume to Every. Single. One. I ended up getting a job at an immigration firm and it was not a positive experience. I stayed for six months before I had to get out of there. I called Herzing to let them know I was back on the market and to see if they knew anyone who was looking. They didn’t, but they said they would keep me in mind if anything came up.
I could have sat back and whined about how Herzing had “failed” to help me get a job, but instead I called a firm I was interested in and offered to work for them for a month for free. Worst case scenario, I would gain experience and a good reference. I thought of it like a free class. At the end of the month, the firm offered me a full-time position. At about that time, the firm I had interned with (the second time) had contacted Herzing to see if they knew of any upcoming or recent grads who were looking for work. Herzing pointed them my way and I was offered a job with them as well.
Fast forward 10 years later, I am still working in the field and am now making over twice what I made when I started out.
Here’s the thing: Herzing will not GET you a job. You have to get yourself the jobs. If I had not been proactive, I would not have found anything. If you need to nail two pieces of wood together and you buy a hammer and some nails and then don’t use them, it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with the hammer and nails. Herzing will give you the tools you need to get a job. It’s up to you to use them effectively.
The tuition fees are outrageous. There seemed to be absolutely no prior knowledge of computers or website design required, as more than half the people in my class of students could not functionally use a computer for it’s most basic purposes, nevermind to create a stylish, functional website. I kid you not, some of the people did not know how to cut and paste. When a program is 1 year, for something like Website design, it makes sense there should be some entrance tests to determine whether you have adequate basic knowledge of computers before undertaking the course. Clearly this was not the case. For all intents and purposes, the first several months were like an adult Computers for Dummies exercise in frustration.
They considered me working at a call centre as a tech support rep as being successfully working in my field of study which is a load of crap. Last time I checked, none of use ever found work in the field because none of us were prepared. Even the ones in the top 3 of the class, which included myself.
An utter joke. If I could sue them and win my $9000 back I would.