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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

If you're a know-it-all academic, you might thrive here. If you work for a living, you'll stay merely for the benefits (which are OK).  Zero leadership, poor management, ZERO business savvy and experience at the top. Women and minorities are promoted into leadership positions with zero track record re: running a for-profit college, fail miserably, and are kept on and even promoted. Paperwork and policies are "pencil-whipped" last-minute to pass state and national requirements. (The State Attorney General's office would have a field day if only they'd visit the place!!) They laid off good workers and promoted friends, lovers, etc.  The most common statements from management for denying valid, long-overdue requests for pay increases are (1) "the optics aren't good right now" and (2) "everyone is working harder, so we cannot consider your request."  The "chosen people" - those with connections to / liked by the President (who doesn't really run the College), the HR / Administration VP (who does run the College and who micro-manages literally everything), the Provost Marshal, the CFO (relatively new, and the only decent one) and the WDC / Recruiting VP (the darling of the President who cannot do wrong, but who hasn't brought in $1 of revenue for her 6-figure salary) - are merely "re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." This College is hemorrhaging revenue...and would never hold itself accountable...yet the cost centers above are mismanaging more while the revenue centers (those actually bringing in real revenue from things other than state tuition increases) are treated like 2nd-class citizens, albeit with a smile and fake encouragement.  Close to 50 employees have subtly been laid off in the past 18-24 months, with more cuts to occur. The hard workers (if they have somewhere to go) have departed, so everyone left behind is overworked, underpaid (except upper management and their "chosen people") and doing what they can to keep the College afloat. If you need the substandard salary, decent benefits, and won't be hired by a well-run REAL College, this is the place for you!

As an adjunct, my review may be less glowing than full-time employees, but my view matters because it aligns with most adjuncts' opinions, and adjuncts make up most of the faculty, and the faculty is the heart and soul of a college. Adjunct instructors are treated as if they are replaceable and their opinions are not taken into account. Their pay is minimum wage once class planning and grading are taken into account (especially true for essay-heavy classes). They are only allowed to teach three classes per semester because more would mean the school would have to pay them benefits. So as a result, highly educated individuals make minimum wage and receive little to no thanks for a lot of hard work. The result is a large percentage of adjuncts who just don't care. The admin is getting what they paid for: underdeveloped lesson plans, careless grading, and a lack of enthusiasm. The college curriculum is becoming meaningless. I have students in upper level classes that can't write a complete sentence. Why? Because they have been passed along because their previous teachers weren't paid enough to devote any extra time to them. We do care about our students, but burnout is a guarantee in this job.

As an Independent Contractor my positions varied some days I will do prepping of food or setting up all catering equipment, linen, food for banquets and events. Some days consisted of me serving in their  fine dining restaurant located in the Summit. Most days I assisted our executive chef with instructing cooking classes for adults and children. I learned how to menu plan, how to create special diet plans, how to cook international foods, how to move with a sense of urgency while cooking and serving food. I learned how to set up a catering events, how to serve guest in a fine dining setting, how to measure and convert recipes. I've also learned how to take leadership in getting everything started and finished for each task/project, I learned how to communicate with guest while serving high quality customer service and hospitality. I love working in the food industry managing, cooking and serving guest, I've been in the food industry since the age of 16 so I don't fine anything hard to do. I'm hard working, independent and reliable. I can do anything after doing it a couple times, I consider myself a fast learner.

A typical day at work is having fun, and getting to know people. I learn knew things everyday. I learn that everyone comes from a different background and when you in a career that has something to do with kids and even adults, you have to learn how to be patient and always be willing to talk and communicate with others. Management, I have manage kids in camps and recreational leagues and train as well. Managing others takes a lot of patience and time, you have to be willing to put forth the effort to make sure everyone is happy. My co workers are important to me I believe that you have to have important and reliable co workers to be successful in the real world. The hardest part of the job is managing the events and getting everyone on the same page and dealing with people that doesn't want the same outcome as you. The most enjoyable part about the job is having fun and seeing others be successful at what they love to do. helping others also is  fun because you feel great about what you are doing and you know that you are doing the right thing.

On a typical workday I will produce marketing materials for the college. This can range anywhere from designing a website, creating an eblast, to promotional posters.

I have learned quite a lot from working in the Marketing department. Not only have I been able to refine my design skills. I have also learned a lot about timing a campaign so that you get the best response from your target audience.

The best thing about my department is that everyone in marketing is easy to work with. Usually in a working environment there is someone that is un-agreeable and wants to continue doing things just because that is the way that they have always been done. Our entire department is very encouraging and always looking for a fresh new way to get our messages out. 

The reason that I am looking to move on from Cincinnati State is simply that there is not enough budget to hire me on full time. 

College truly leans towards social engineering rather than putting education first. Their focus seems to be on inter-city gov. handouts with no innovation or creative problem-solving all backed up by very bias management. Culture is  based on president who has spent her entire career there and who she personally likes, regardless of their abilities. Not a meritocracy nor do they use any objective measures of performance. Rather advancement (although very little) is based on personal relationship with Sr. staff. Benefits (time off, medical, etc.) all good. But again, Sr. management very insular, self-serving, non-professional, not very bright and extremely bias towards "woke" culture. Look out!

I enjoy working at CSTC and remain a contract employee to the present. I work as a clinical instructor for the licensed practical nurse program. A typical day for me involved selecting the best patient care experiences for students based on the level of nursing  skills they needed to learn. I learned to sharpen my time management skills and leadership skill, because I was instructor for 6-8 students . We practiced at area long term care facilities, so I needed to give direct instruction to students and how to act as guests to these facilities. Working with each student and 1-2 individual patients, for which they were assigned, was the hard part of the job . The most enjoyable part of the job is observing students as they grow in confidence, and being with them when there eyes light up as they learn a new skill.

I loved my work at CS, I enjoyed the diversity of the students and felt respected by my colleagues. Work/life balance is possible if you set distinct boundaries and abide by your own policies. Unfortunately, the entire school is in a budget shortfall right now and the administration is putting increased pressure on faculty and adjuncts to speed up work and increase course caps without additional pay or support. Benefits are great if you can get them but no one feels particularly secure. You have a lot of freedom to teach your classes the way you want to and a lot of professional and moral support from your department and other faculty--just don't expect anyone higher up to have your back.

If you're hired here as a new PO, don't expect to receive any training regarding policing. Expect to be given a set of keys, shown the buildings and put on your own after a couple of days. There is no FTO program, they buy their equipment from Amazon, cheap uniforms that don't fit, and provide wrong sized body armor. You will also be treated like a secretary, go get mail and food. Also if you work on night shift, you're not allowed to have a partner so you will be completely on your own.

This agency does have great potential, but there is one person in the way keeping it from progressing upward, and the cause of the above mentioned issues.

The chief however is amazing and is always willing to help out and answer any questions you might have. He just got the position, and is legitimately trying to do great things.

I worked there as an non-paid intern/co-op as part of my graduation requirements. 
I was give real life experience performing Administrative Assistant duties. The work place culture for me was very positive and encouraging. 
The hardest part of the job was learning the different systems, the office operated on. 
A typical day at work would be electronically filing student files, answering phones, placing travel arrangements for my supervisor, setting up files and any other miscellaneous duties she needed done.  
I learned how to manage a medium paced office, multitask different duties and provide feedback quickly.

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