Internship mentor
I matched with a mentor name Olivia Yan and we agreed on a time that would work best for us both to meet. I tried to adhere to her schedule especially and we were scheduled to meet in the next two days for an interview to so she could learn about me and my expense and what I do and so I could learn more about her and this opportunity and see if it would be a good fit. So later in the day the day before our interview she messages me saying “I had another interview with someone else this afternoon and I've decided to work with her. Thank you for your time.” I think that’s very unprofessional and In most job interviews I’ve had they move interviewed all the candidates that made it to the next stage and I didn’t even get a chance to tell her about all the skills I have and the relevant work experience and projects I’ve worked on. I think this is so unfortunate, unprofessional and very unfair. It’s so unacceptable and I hope no other mentors make the same mistake as Olivia. If you watch with her, I suggest not letting her be your mentor.
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Scam AI App
Do not bother getting this app. They are just trying to get your hopes up and sell your data. It uses AI to find random people from LinkedIn and mislabel their positions at their jobs. It paired me up with a supposed CEO of a company but when I looked them up on LinkedIn they weren’t even a CEO. He just had some middle level position at some company. The AI will also make up companies that do not exist. When I got paired up with this supposed CEO, the app gave me a link to the company website, only to discover that the company website didn’t exist. Please do not waste your time with Acadium.
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Terrible waste of money
Waste of money. Quality of interns is terrible. You will waste your money training them. It would take less time to do the work yourself.
UI/UX needs investigating
Please check the message view from the app, there is no ‘back’ button to go to the previous menu view of candidates.
Hence, after speaking to a candidate, I need to force close the app from iPhone app carousel.
Other than that the app functions as expected.
Bonus if you can add a ‘set meeting’ button which opens the calendar and pre-fills the candidate name and email and auto matches timezone.
Hence, after speaking to a candidate, I need to force close the app from iPhone app carousel.
Other than that the app functions as expected.
Bonus if you can add a ‘set meeting’ button which opens the calendar and pre-fills the candidate name and email and auto matches timezone.
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Not available in India region.
Not available in India region.
Scam
This company is an absolute scam. After being “matched” with an apprentice, you are no longer able to get a refund. Even if the apprentice never does any work for you! I’ve been jerked around for 4 months. A waste of my time. I’ve literally paid $500 to be introduced to unqualified interns. I could have done this for free, and paid the intern. Don’t waste your time or money.
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Look elsewhere
The company doesn’t hold up its end of the bargain nor protect the best interests of its users. I’ve spoken to many past users with complainants of company lies, matching users improperly then leaving them to fend for themselves, and offering “rewards” that it never pays out.
BEWARE: US Businesses face liability and apprentices are taken advantage of in breach of federal law
Federal Regulations on Working Hours
“Apprentices must receive at least the minimum wage specified by the Fair Labor Standards Act for hours they spend working”
Only during training periods are employers in the US permitted to pay less than minimum wage to apprentices. This is the difference between most internships and an internship. Businesses on this app are most often based in the US or places with similar laws, meaning they are taking advantage of people that often already have experience and an education while opening themselves up to lawsuits from apprentices that catch wind of it.
I’ve been a part of this app for at least a year and a half. They used to make it so that apprenticeships on their site had the options to be paid (though heavily discouraged and every business rejected you). They recently changed this and force you to re-apply as an apprentice and make you agree to working unpaid if you want to use their app to connect with businesses.
There are even ‘micro tasks’ apprentices can do to get noticed doing free labor for very specific work.
Everyone deserves to be paid, even if it is low, for work that they do. I don’t care if people are willing to work for free, it’s they still deserve to be paid. And businesses HUNDREDS on this app. They’re already paying, and this app is for profit, benefiting from the free labor of people in desperate situations. And this isn’t even an internship - directly violating the law and encouraging businesses to do so is not a good look.
Maybe the app is based overseas, maybe they’re free from liability. But the businesses and those behind them are not.
“Apprentices must receive at least the minimum wage specified by the Fair Labor Standards Act for hours they spend working”
Only during training periods are employers in the US permitted to pay less than minimum wage to apprentices. This is the difference between most internships and an internship. Businesses on this app are most often based in the US or places with similar laws, meaning they are taking advantage of people that often already have experience and an education while opening themselves up to lawsuits from apprentices that catch wind of it.
I’ve been a part of this app for at least a year and a half. They used to make it so that apprenticeships on their site had the options to be paid (though heavily discouraged and every business rejected you). They recently changed this and force you to re-apply as an apprentice and make you agree to working unpaid if you want to use their app to connect with businesses.
There are even ‘micro tasks’ apprentices can do to get noticed doing free labor for very specific work.
Everyone deserves to be paid, even if it is low, for work that they do. I don’t care if people are willing to work for free, it’s they still deserve to be paid. And businesses HUNDREDS on this app. They’re already paying, and this app is for profit, benefiting from the free labor of people in desperate situations. And this isn’t even an internship - directly violating the law and encouraging businesses to do so is not a good look.
Maybe the app is based overseas, maybe they’re free from liability. But the businesses and those behind them are not.
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Love it! It’s kinda convenient, kind of…
My only complaint about the app is that I can’t do everything in it. I thought getting the app I’d be able to do the course on the go but nope it opens another window. Other than that it’s perfect
Amazing Company!
I love the app, and I truly believe that what Acadium is doing will change education for the better! I’m in my 3rd apprenticeship and I’m super happy I’ve found Acadium!
Easy and fast way to start your digital marketing career
If you are on your first steps of your digital marketing career, Acadium is great to make the first step.
Complete your profile, go for some free digital marketing courses and explore to the other opportunities that Acadium offers.
Complete your profile, go for some free digital marketing courses and explore to the other opportunities that Acadium offers.
Great App!
Love how easy it is to use this app, very simple and straightforward! Love the concept of Acadium and how they enable the apprentice a pathway for success to their future career, while helping businesses grow. Amazing!
Love Acadium!
Great to see there’s an app as well as website! I love being able to stay up to date on my mobile as well.
Life changing
This has been a life changing platform! Highly recommend for anyone launching and building a career in digital marketing.
Slow
Great concept, the app is super slow though like really slow.
Great but needs a few tweaks.
I love this platform! However, there definitely should be thorough checks on the businesses reaching out to apprentices. Some of these “companies” seem sketchy & very homemade. Some businesses don’t look legit at all & we should be able to see mentors credentials before blindingly agreeing to work with them. Some of the mentors just want someone to pick up their slack & exploit because of the free labor. Also, whenever I try to click on my profile through the mobile app, the app just goes blank & I'm forced to start it over and view my profile from the website itself. Also Acadium should give apprentices template messages when we either want to decline certain mentors or introducing ourselves to others. Also please create a space within the platform were apprentices can be social amongst each other & connect to share helpful information.
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Unstable, doesn’t work properly
I’m updating my review to 4 stars since the last update, the app has significantly improved in functionality and is much more reliable than the older version. Great job!
Great ideation terrible execution
I’d love to continue with it but the app won’t let me finish my profile starting from the adding a profile pic section.. the idea is awesome but the execution is not good at all
Love the program, hate the app
Acadium App does not work on the latest iPhone. It either doesn’t open, or closes randomly. I’d love to be able to communicate with my apprentices from the app, but sadly I have to open safari & do it the old fashioned way.
Response from developer
Hello Kat, thank you for your feedback. We just launched version 6.0 of our app, which is an all-new app re-written from the ground up which solves all of the issues you were having. Please update and let us know how you like it!
Good app, but started crashing wit recent update
This app is so useful and convenient. But after updating it on my iPad Air 2015 model with has iOS 10.3 running on it. It keeps crashing. This makes me sad, as it was a very useful app where I was learning a lot of DM details. More convenient than using a laptop to login. Please help fix the bug.
