AcadiumReviews of acadium.com

Provided a great connection and learning opportunity.

I'm blessed to be an apprentice with Acadium for the last 3 months. I got full support and their staff is very professional and keen. They were always there to respond to and resolve my inquiries. With the Acadium apprenticeship, I never felt overwhelmed. I'm on cloud nine, as my best match mentor who I got through Acadium is exceedingly knowledgeable& Professional. So, I'm heading toward my career confidently, thanks to Acadium& my mentor.

I did an apprenticeship with Acadium as I was going through a career transition. Although I loved the experience I felt I needed more guidance when it came to finding a full-time job in digital marketing. I came across the Acadium Plus program and was compelled by the amount of value and mentorship it offered! It has been the most beneficial and rewarding experience throughout my journey and I think the best part of it was having a 1:1 coach (Erik) who is an expert in the field to guide me through the process of building relevant skills, how to approach employers, how to conduct enticing emails, how to properly network and how to overall build my personal brand. So grateful to be a part of such an amazing community of marketers! My network has expanded tremendously and I cannot wait to see what the future holds. Acadium Plus is hands down the digital marketing program ever for those looking to get into the industry.

I wanted to break into the digital marketing space. I had taken several courses online during COVID and was looking to put my newly-acquired skills into practice. That's when I came across Acadium. It was just what I needed to move to the next level! I am currently on my third apprenticeship. Acadium has given me access to people I wouldn't have otherwise met - let alone had as mentors. Their apprenticeships have given me hands-on work experience, content to build my portfolio, and the confidence to sell my newly acquired skills. Also, it's significantly reduced the imposter syndrome that comes with transitioning. I HIGHLY recommend Acadium! Forever grateful for this opportunity. P.S: I have always been really impressed by how quickly they matched me with a mentor - for all of my apprenticeships.

Love this app

I completed my first mentorship with Acadium and I could not be happier. I learned so much about digital marketing and it was an amazing experience. The courses were relevant, informative and useful. I also had the option for hands on experience completing a variety of tasks. My second mentor has a wealth of knowledge and I am excited to learn even more from her. I would recommend this program to anyone interested in learning more about digital marketing.

Acadium helped me to work with extraordinary people and to learn essential things for my job. The apprenticeship has a relaxed schedule and I recommend this for those who have a job and maybe want to become freelancers or change their field of work because they can be flexible with their time. They also have mini-courses on the platform, all of them are for the beginner level. When you have completed a course, it will be added to your profile and the mentors can see them, which is a good thing, especially if it is your first time on the platform. After completing the apprenticeship, you have a real project that you can add to your portfolio and also a certification. I got my first real job thanks to the experience in Acadium. So they are very helpful. For Freelancig, I'm still waiting to try the platform. One more thing. If you have any doubts or need help, you can always ask your questions to your advisor.

Edit: The reply to my review represents the shady nature of the company. They do not address any of the legal ramifications of their platform while toting a program that has never proven effective, misdirecting away from the fact that they don’t compensate the people on the platform in any way beyond smoke and mirrors. After reading more reviews of this app, I can see that they charge businesses even more than I originally realized and often change their programs, as well as provide shoddy customer service when they mess up. So which is it, Acadium? Interns or apprentices? Apprentices should be paid and interns should be getting more value than the mentor. 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.