Category: Career
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How to Use Your Career Walking Deck in a Coffee Chat
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Over the years, I’ve had many readers reach out to me about how my blog has helped them create a career walking deck! I’ve also had many people ask me “how exactly do I use this in the real world?” and today’s blog post will answer just that in 3…
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4 Expert LinkedIn Secrets You Probably Don’t Know Yet
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If you’re reading this, I assume you already have a decent LinkedIn profile. You likely know the basics and mistakes to avoid and have experience networking on the platform. Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to listen to Darrell Angai, Worldwide SMC Business Applications Strategy Lead at Microsoft, share…
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Making the Move: Retail Employee With No Degree to Communications Manager at Microsoft
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It takes time to figure out who you are and what you want in life. Growing up without much in the suburbs of Cincinnati with his mom and siblings, Josh’s mom taught him early on about the importance of having manners and treating people with kindness. Today, Josh Roberts is…
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3 Ways You Can Beat Imposter Syndrome Today
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Imposter Syndrome was one of the topics that my newsletter subscribers brought up this month. It’s an interesting topic because I kinda struggle with it and I kinda don’t. These days, I often find myself being overly optimistic about my abilities and impatient about my goals and outcomes. However, I…
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Making the Move: Environmental Engineer to Real Estate Agent
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Back in 2016, Ranjani attended a New Year’s party that changed her career forever! At the time, she had recently been laid off after working for an environmental consulting firm in Seattle where funding was cut off and the budget was tight. Throughout her career, Ranjani had always been a…
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Here are 3 Years of Learnings as an Early-In-Career at Microsoft
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Earlier this month, I officially celebrated 3 years at Microsoft 🎉🎉🎉 by working (lol). January is one of those extremely busy months preparing for our upcoming quarterly earnings investor call… You can find more details on our Microsoft Investor Relations site. With so much going on in my life, I…
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Career vs. Professional Development: What’s the Difference?
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Is career development the same as professional development? No! Often, we mix up career and professional development — but these are 2 different things. I met with Eric Simons, Director of CritSit Management in the Federal Center of Excellence at Microsoft to chat about this topic and how to go…
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3 Important Parts of a Career Walking Deck
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Ever since joining Microsoft, I have been touting the need for everyone to have a career walking deck (AKA personal pitch deck). It is helpful in the job hunting process and also great for introducing yourself in coffee chats. Here are 3 slides that you should include in your Career…
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3 Secrets to Better Networking from 300+ Coffee Chats
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This topic is one of the critical sessions of my flagship course CareerOS — the complete job search and career opportunity system. Alex from Google & I teach you live starting Nov 7th. Grab a free seat in our next lightning lesson and learn more at maven.com/CareerOS. I used to…
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3 Steps for Navigating the Layoffs Landscape
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When I was a university student, one of my mentors was a Senior VP at the O&G company where I was interning at. I remember she told me one time that no one—no matter how skilled or experienced or high up in the corporate ladder he or she was—was in-disposable.…
