Accountability, Why Does it Matter?

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Accountability, Why Does it Matter? Accountability is a very powerful behavior or action that can build a long-lasting business or destroy it overnight.  The word accountability cannot destroy anything by itself, but the acceptance or denial of the behavior or action can.  Throughout history many famous organizations and many people’s reputation has taken a big […]

My Decision To Attend CIU

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My Decision To Attend CIU “Doctor Garcia,” the sound of that was intriguing and enticing, so much so that it was the incentive for me to start my journey of higher learning.  The only question I had to ask myself was how I was going to accomplish this.  I was working full time and had […]

Resiliency in Coping with Change in an Ever-Changing World

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Coping with Change in an every changing world The world has endured more change in the last nine months than in the last ten years combined. The change the current pandemic has caused in 2020 has been more challenging than anything else experienced in recent history. Not since the housing crisis of 2008 has the […]

Death To Voicemail

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Death To Voicemail As practical strategies are implemented to create the most efficient communication routes, the voicemail system is the least preferable option. Leaving voicemails and receiving voicemails is being called “redundant” and a “waste of time.” Consequently, just as Coca-Cola and JPMorgan Chase decided to eliminate voicemail, California Intercontinental University strives to follow two […]

CIU’s ClearPath

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CIU’s ClearPath A Clear Path To Success COVID-19 has impacted students all over the world.  Increasingly, universities are finding themselves having to offer courses 100% online.  For California Intercontinental University (CIU) offering degree programs 100% online has been the standard to allow professionals the ability to progress academically, grow professionally and earn their degree from […]

Bill.com Integration

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CIU’s Bill.com Integration CIU is proud to have partnered with bill.com in order to better serve our students. As an institution serving students all over the world we found it important to ensure that we deliver any refunds, and stipends as soon as possible to our students wherever they may be. That is why through […]

Products as a Platform (PaaP)

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Products as a Platform (PaaP) I keep hearing about the latest engineering acronym PaaS, in the sense of “products as a service” (not platform as a service, we’ll get to that later on), which allows customers to purchase a desired result rather than the equipment that delivers that result. This model immediately indicates a company will: […]

How To: Stay Productive Working From Home

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How To: Stay Productive Working From Home Being productive and staying productive throughout the day, especially in the modern age, can be very challenging. We are surrounded by distractions: adverts, notifications, technology all around us. We have the ability to access an unlimited feed of information at the end of our fingertips, which is incredible, […]

Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile

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Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile Having a professional, complete, and optimized LinkedIn profile is essential in order to stand out from your competitors, to look dedicated and knowledgeable in your field, and for optimizing your LinkedIn profile SEO rankings. There are many profiles on LinkedIn that have a poorly lit photo, a headline that doesn’t inform […]

Building A Personal Brand In 2020

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Building A Personal Brand In 2020! Building a personal brand is becoming more essential each year and will continue to even more so in years to come. One reason for this is competition for jobs has spiked and is causing recruitment more difficult when there are over 1000 applicants to choose from. Source: hearsaysystems.com So, […]