Category: Advice

  • How this Intern Leveraged Power Apps to Optimize the Microsoft Onboarding Experience

    How this Intern Leveraged Power Apps to Optimize the Microsoft Onboarding Experience

    Today, I am excited to share the Microsoft internship journey of Sarah Ferrolino, a 5th year computer science student from Ryerson University. For those who are familiar with my work, you’ll find that I love sharing inspiration from people who are well experienced and have a plethora of accomplishments under…

  • Celebrating 50K+ and What I Learned From Growing My Blog Views by 350%

    Celebrating 50K+ and What I Learned From Growing My Blog Views by 350%

    As I mentioned in my first blog post of 2022, my last year was filled with significance. During the pandemic, I started focusing on growing the #kkarenism platform and I had the goal of reaching 50K views by the end of the year. Alas, I missed this goal by 1…

  • 10 Ways to Embrace the New Year With Purpose

    10 Ways to Embrace the New Year With Purpose

    Happy New Year 🎉 I think we all know by now that anything can happen (like for real)… so the the best way to thrive in the chaos is through building our growth mindsets and appetites for change. Despite 2021 being another crazy year, it was one of the most…

  • Top 5 Things I Learned in My Late 20s/early 30s – Rohan Kamath

    Top 5 Things I Learned in My Late 20s/early 30s – Rohan Kamath

    I saw Rohan Kamath’s words of wisdoms in a Facebook Group and really loved how he was able to summarize some important learnings in one post. With his blessing, I am re-sharing it with you all to absorb as you head into the new year. 1. People evolve based on…

  • The Best Interview Tips for Navigating the Great Reshuffle

    The Best Interview Tips for Navigating the Great Reshuffle

    The global pandemic has led to an insane amount of change in the past couple years; the Great Reshuffle being one of them. As we all reconsider our career paths and ambitions going into the new year, I am excited to share some incredible tips from Natalia Przech, Product Marketing…

  • Mentorship Moments @ Microsoft with Suzanne Gagliese

    Mentorship Moments @ Microsoft with Suzanne Gagliese

    As an Aspire, I had the opportunity to attend a Mentorship Panel with Microsoft Canada’s Senior Executives and learn about the importance of mentorship. Inspired by the impact that they’ve made in their careers, I listened intensely to the words of wisdom that came from decades of growth, experience, and…

  • Mentorship Moments @ Microsoft with Zia Mansoor

    Mentorship Moments @ Microsoft with Zia Mansoor

    As an Aspire, I had the opportunity to attend a Mentorship Panel with Microsoft Canada’s Senior Executives and learn about the importance of mentorship. Inspired by the impact that they’ve made in their careers, I listened intensely to the words of wisdom that came from decades of growth, experience, and…

  • Mentorship Moments @ Microsoft with Alec Taylor

    Mentorship Moments @ Microsoft with Alec Taylor

    As an Aspire, I had the opportunity to attend a Mentorship Panel with Microsoft Canada’s Senior Executives and learn about the importance of mentorship. Inspired by the impact that they’ve made in their careers, I listened intensely to the words of wisdom that came from decades of growth, experience, and…

  • Part 3: Hard Lessons About Buying My First Home

    Part 3: Hard Lessons About Buying My First Home

    In November, I became a first time home owner and co-purchased a bigger home with my Mom. My family had been looking for a long time, but we could never agree on the right house until now. Fortunately, we found a newer home in a great community. However, the process…

  • Part 2: Hard Lessons About Buying My First Home

    Part 2: Hard Lessons About Buying My First Home

    In November, I became a first time home owner and co-purchased a bigger home with my Mom. My family had been looking for a long time, but we could never agree on the right house until now. Fortunately, we found a newer home in a great community. However, the process…