Category: Career
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I Never Presented My Career Walking Deck. It Still Helped Me Land an Offer Beyond My Salary Expectations.
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Ellen Vuong was laid off in December. She kept hitting a wall at the interview stage. With the help of a Career Walking Deck, she ended up with an offer that exceeded her salary expectations 🎉 To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a Career Walking Deck, she…
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Part 1: Here’s 5 Ways to Prepare for Retirement Now
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If you think retirement is a later problem, you’re mistaken! Regardless of how early you are in your career, it’s important to set up a system that will help you achieve financial freedom. Why? Because you probably don’t want to work a 9-5 job for a few more decades. Because…
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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 🎉 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 🎉 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 🎉 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 🎉 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 🎉 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 🎉 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,…
