Category: Career

  • How My Career Walking Deck Helped Me Land a Job Abroad as a Microsoft Solutions Engineer

    How My Career Walking Deck Helped Me Land a Job Abroad as a Microsoft Solutions Engineer

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    Heather Grandy succeeded in moving abroad to Microsoft UK as a Data Platforms Solution Engineer πŸŽ‰ To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a Career Walking Deck, she has shared her personal experience (in her own words, with minor edits for brevity) below. Defining a career vision It…

  • How My Career Walking Deck Helped Me Land a Job at Microsoft After Getting Laid Off

    How My Career Walking Deck Helped Me Land a Job at Microsoft After Getting Laid Off

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    Harrison Au recently landed a sales role at Microsoft πŸŽ‰ To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a Career Walking Deck, he has shared his personal experience (in his own words, with minor edits for brevity) below. It was challenging to network and self advocate It was also…

  • Microsoft LEAP Webinar: Gift of Feedback

    Microsoft LEAP Webinar: Gift of Feedback

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    Since 2023, I’ve been running career development workshops for participants of the Microsoft LEAP, a 16-week program for people who want to transition into a technical career path. From retired NFL players to new-to-Microsoft folks, I’ve enjoyed presenting on this topic of “The Gift of Feedback,” which I believe is…

  • How My Career Walking Deck Helped Me Land a Job Offer Within 1 Hour

    How My Career Walking Deck Helped Me Land a Job Offer Within 1 Hour

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    Regina Barnes landed a job offer within 1 hour of her interview πŸŽ‰ To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a career walking deck, she has shared her personal experience (in her own words, with minor edits for brevity) below: I first learned about the career walking deck…

  • Protected: 8 gratitude notes to nurture your network

    Protected: 8 gratitude notes to nurture your network

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  • Landing a Job in 1 Month with a Career Walking Deck

    Landing a Job in 1 Month with a Career Walking Deck

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    Rebecca Lee Doran started her job search in September and landed a job offer in October πŸŽ‰ To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a career walking deck, she has shared her personal experience (in her own words, with minor edits for brevity) below: When I interviewed with…

  • How to Land a Senior Technical Promotion Using a Career Walking Deck

    How to Land a Senior Technical Promotion Using a Career Walking Deck

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    Christine Lee earned a promotion to a more senior, technical role in a large IT department where promotions are competitive πŸŽ‰ To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a career walking deck, she has shared her personal experience (in her own words) below: When I started preparing for…

  • My journey from Microsoft to Salesforce with the Career Walking Deck

    My journey from Microsoft to Salesforce with the Career Walking Deck

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    Alexander Holomozyi recently landed a job at Salesforce as a Senior Enterprise Account Executive πŸŽ‰ To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a career walking deck, he has shared his personal experience (in his own words) below: When you’re building your career at a large company like Microsoft,…

  • Why your resume isn’t enough (what to use instead)

    Why your resume isn’t enough (what to use instead)

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    I had the great honour of being featured on former Amazon VP Ethan Evans’ Level Up newsletter last month and it has led to a LOT of interest in career walking decks πŸŽ‰ You can read the full guest post on Substack πŸ‘‰πŸΌ kkarenism.com/levelup πŸ‘ˆ What former Amazon VP Ethan…

  • Former teacher lands HR job with career walking deck

    Former teacher lands HR job with career walking deck

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    Today, I am really excited to share a success story from my friend Jean-Luc Ong, who used to be a teacher, on landing his recent job as a Talent Analyst with a career walking deck. The career walking deck helped me get my job as a Talent Analyst [It] made…