A Hand ‘n Hand

A Hand ‘n Hand is the real deal that is just getting started. The classrooms are spacious and well equiped. The Director, Sharon Van Brunt, is also the real deal. Check the website’s calendar for upcoming events, career fairs and workshops. Not all classes are thousands of dollars… just not true. A group of dedicated people make up the staff of Hand ‘n Hand and they service all students and clients with a lot of heart! You will walk away in one week with a lifetime of skills in the Career Exploration and Interviewing Techniques class.

recently got back to california, and looking for a job (like everyone else, it seems). the unemployment office listed this place as a resource, so i went to check them out. they mention being a non-​profit, though all of their training programs are like $ 1000+ a week, and no finance options (just cash, check or credit card). it was the middle of the week, but the classrooms were pretty empty (no students at a job training school in this economy?!?). i started off in one area with the placement manager and their office surronded by empty cubes (no people, computers, furniture, nothing), then got to look into the other area where the deserted classrooms were at.
could just be a bad day on my part, but i think before i spent that much money to learn customer service skills, i’m better off putting in more applications at fast food places… at least there i’d get paid to learn how to deal with customers… if that’s my weak area… not othe other way around.
just re-​read their description… they actually opened in may 2012, not 2009 (at least, before may, they didn’t have any offices or anywhere they offered services, just a po box that i could find when i researched the place).
as for a non-​profit. how come? if you don’t pay, you don’t get to take a class. there’s no scholarship program, no low-​income program, no loans — write a check or get out, really. the few times i’ve driven by, there’s never anyone there, no students, instructors, nothing. hosted a couple of job fairs (went to one in september), so i guess they’re not completely phony, but doesn’t seem too far from it.
managed to get a job elsewhere and indepently of the place, yea me.