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"[I have] improved management skills, refined analytical skills, enhanced time management skills, and improved communication/presentation skills," she says.
Name: Nichelle
Age: 30-something
Marital Status: Single
Kids: None
Occupation: Auditor/Evaluator, Client Relations
School: University of Phoenix
Target: M.B.A., 2001
Nichelle attributes the clarity of her writing directly to her on-line education experience. She cites the need to write clearly to facilitate the flow of ideas on discussion boards, and the "many, many power point presentations" she has prepared, as exercises that honed her skills.
At the time she enrolled at University of Phoenix, Nichelle who already held a B.S. in Finance and Insurance from California State University, Sacramento, didn't have any career aspirations that would require an MBA. But since earning her MBA in 2001, she has moved on to a position with another employer.
"Overall the advanced degree has rounded out the rough edges of my professional look."
"I wouldn't have been able to get a promotion at work without the flexibility of online classes."
Her new position as an auditor/evaluator is more accounting oriented. It requires that the employee have enough units to qualify to sit for the CPA exam. She was nine units, or three accounting classes, short. So she took the courses at UCLA, on-line of course.
"Take advantage of all the technological resources available today," she advises people thinking about taking the plunge; she has an almost evangelical enthusiasm for learning.
"Any pursuit of higher education will be worthwhile." Amen.
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