How to Carve a Pumpkin
To further our essential work in ensuring CPC staff have the important life-skills needed to succeed, we went to the Sponsored Programs office, the most Halloween-spirit group on campus, and asked for pumpkin carving tips. This is what they came back with. Hand your...
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How to Make Changes During Open Enrollment
Since the dawn of Open Enrollment, staff who wanted to make changes to their health benefits had to do so through the Human Resources team. Fast forward to fall of 2023 and now benefited staff have the freedom make these updates on their own, at their convenience. A...
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How to Update Your Email Signature
Every so often we could all use a little refresh. A minor update. A style change. Updating your email signature is a simple step to do just that. An email signature is your business card and ensures that anyone you email has your contact info, pronouns, title, where...
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How to Get Discounted Tickets for PAC Shows
Each year the Performing Arts Center plays host to dozens upon dozens of acclaimed artists, Broadway musicals, dancers, performers and entertainers from all walks, and this coming season is shaping up to be there best yet. Cal Poly Arts is offering corporation staff a...
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Student Pro Tip: How to Get Ready for Summer
Between papers, presentations, finals, friends graduating, summer internships and having to prepare for it all, the last thing on most student’s minds at the end of the academic year are work responsibilities. However, if you want to get paid for the work you’ve...
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How The New Performance Evaluation Process Works
The new employee performance evaluation is a formal assessment measured against predetermined responsibilities and goals. They are also an opportunity to recognize past performance as well as future development opportunities. This is how it works. All benefited...
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How to Use Adobe Sign
To streamline business processes and help get work done in a timely fashion, Cal Poly Corporation and the university use Adobe Sign to route forms and facilitate electronic signatures. For those uninitiated few, Adobe Sign can be a bit intimidating. It doesn’t have to...
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How to Bake an Award-Winning Pie
This December brought, among many fun events, the inaugural Cal Poly Corporation Holiday Gathering Pie Contest. This festive gathering brought CPC staff together to bear witness to a Mad Max-style bake off between six confident bakers and their creations, lobbying...
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How to Budget for the Holidays
The holiday season is right around the corner, and though it promises fun celebrations, it also promises lots of spending. It is easy to get stressed during this time, especially when finances are at stake. But worry not, accounting team members from throughout CPC...
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How To Use Your Personal Day Before It Expires
Have you used your personal day yet? Cal Poly Corporation employees work hard every year, and as a little benefit they get a personal day to use whenever they feel like it. These personal days do expire in January, so make sure that you use yours by the end of the...
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How to Make Changes During Open Enrollment
Open enrollment has arrived! Once every year, Cal Poly Corporation employees have the opportunity to change their health benefits. From Sept. 19 to Oct. 14, they can make changes to their medical, dental and vision, life and other insurance plans. This is also the...
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How to Get Your P-Card Questions Answered
Do you have questions about your P-Card? Are you curious about card activation, cardholder procedures, reconciling your statement, allowable purchases or any other information about the P-Card program? The P-Card page on the CPC website has all of the answers. Be sure...
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How to Unwind Before the Start of the Academic Year
Summer break is meant to be a time of relaxation, great weather, and less work. These days, our minds often remain cluttered with the stress of tasks, work and future projects. Summer can seem like an ideal time to get ahead, but giving your brain a refreshing break...
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How to Travel Cyber-Safely this Summer
It’s time to unwind and unplug and, oddly enough, these days a smartphone or other device are often companions on these ventures. Whether it’s travel for business or pleasure, ITS has some simple tips on how to travel cyber-safely. Quick note: if you are traveling...
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How to Avoid FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
It inevitably happens to the best of us. The team meeting rolls around and everyone is talking about the latest happening or newest announcement and you have no clue what they’re talking about. Then, the fear of missing out starts to creep into your life. FOMO, as the...
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How to Be More Mindful
Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present. This means being more aware of your feelings and sensations in any moment. Living presently can help foster a sense of contentment and ease. The conscious effort to be more mindful comes with countless benefits. It...
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