Category: Career
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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 π 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…
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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 π 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…
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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…
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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 π 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…
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Protected: 8 gratitude notes to nurture your network
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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 π 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…
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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 π 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…
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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 π 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 youβre building your career at a large company like Microsoft,…
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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 π You can read the full guest post on Substack ππΌ kkarenism.com/levelup π What former Amazon VP Ethan…
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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…
