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Information is Power
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center This month’s job tip illustrates the importance of researching any potential employers BEFORE the interview. OK so you’ve done your due diligence and have sent out dozens of resumes. Your persistence has...
"No Experience Necessary" – A Cautionary Tale
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center A few years ago I wrote the following article for a local magazine here in New York City. It was done in response to a disturbing trend that saw scam artists taking advantage of recent immigrants,...
6 Seconds
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center 6 seconds. Not a lot of time. It will probably take you 6 seconds to read the title of this blog post and the first sentence or two. Yet according to research done by the Ladders employment website, job...
Our Most Valuable Assets
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center As many of our friends know, ABC Training Center has been a staple in New York City’s medical career training field since the early 1970s. That’s a long time in this business and over the years we’ve...
Working Your Network
By Carlton Fenton, Job Placement Coordinator, ABC Training Center Our January job tip speaks to the importance of working your networks and connections within the organizations that you wish to work for. If you follow the advice of career experts, you know to...
Be the First to Get the Interview
By Jay Brill, ABC Training Center Our second installment of our Job Tips series looks at an effective way to fill out a job application quickly AND accurately, therefore getting a job offer sooner. Here at ABC Training Center, our graduates often report that they are...
The More Things Change…
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center As I was surfing the internet today looking for some topics to blog on, I turned to my trusty friend Google and did a simple search under the term “Medical Careers.” What I found was an article from the...
The Recession is Over! Really?
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center So the New York Times reported two days ago that while the recession was “officially over,” average household incomes had fallen more in the two years after the recession ended than it did during the...
Pomp and Circumstance
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center Last month, ABC Training Center celebrated a special day when we held our annual graduation ceremonies at St. Nicholas of Tolentine School in the Bronx. That day marked a huge occasion for everyone...
Busting Through a Brick Wall
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center Two weeks ago, the US Department of Labor published its latest job report (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm). My friends, the news was not good. In fact it was rather grim. After several...
Why We Do What We Do
By Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center There are many aspects to what we do here at ABC Training Center. Our staff has many responsibilities in addition to running the admissions process of a facility that trains hundreds of students at once all...
2 Great Bronx Traditions
by Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center Well here we are in mid-April. The weather is getting warmer (thank heavens), the days are getting longer and just a few subway stops away on the 4 train, the most successful team in all of sports is doing...
Five Questions to Ask When Picking a Medical Career Training School in New York
by Dave Herwitz, Director of Admissions, ABC Training Center Choices. Life is full of them. Whether you’re buying a new car or a cheeseburger, the possibilities are always seemingly endless. Same holds true for career training programs in New York City. There are...
The Burden of Debt
With more and more schools increasing tuition fees, many students are faced with huge debts upon graduation or even when they drop out of a program of studies. Health training and allied health training can cost up to $24,000 at some institutions. Additionally, if...
Welcome
Building Blocks Hello friends and welcome to the launch of ABC Training Center’s new blog: Building Blocks. My name is Dave Herwitz and I am the Director of Admissions at ABC Training Center in the Bronx. My hope is that this blog becomes a place where I can share...