Category: Job Hunting

  • How to handle rejection when you’re job hunting

    How to handle rejection when you’re job hunting

    Overcoming rejection is one of the biggest pain points of the job hunting process. Whether it’s an automated email that comes seconds after you submit your application or a personalized note from a recruiter after several rounds of interviews, every form of rejection stings 🐝 Today, I am sharing some…

  • 25 Tips on How to Get a Job at Microsoft

    25 Tips on How to Get a Job at Microsoft

    Updated August 2025 Did you know that Microsoft gets 1M+ job applications every month? Getting a job at Microsoft seems to be a popular topic in my conversations with dozens of students, friends, and peers. Today, I am sharing how I would personally approach job hunting if I wanted to…

  • How to Properly Ask for a Job Referral

    How to Properly Ask for a Job Referral

    Over the years, people have asked me to refer them to jobs and hiring managers have also asked me to refer people because they trusted my judgement and eye for great talent. Hence, I take job referrals quite seriously and I’ve also spoken to peers and managers about how they…

  • Making the Move: Stay-At-Home-Mom to Exec Assistant to Business Program Manager

    Making the Move: Stay-At-Home-Mom to Exec Assistant to Business Program Manager

    The Making the Move series strives to inspire those who come from unique backgrounds and want to break into the world of tech. Here’s a secret… You don’t need to be a computer science major! Today, I am sharing the career journey of Esther Chen, Business Program Manager at Microsoft where she…

  • Making the Move: Massage Therapy, Military, and Microsoft

    Making the Move: Massage Therapy, Military, and Microsoft

    The Making the Move series strives to inspire those who come from unique backgrounds and want to break into the world of tech. Here’s a secret… You don’t need to be a computer science major! Today, I am excited to share the journey of Tonya Derieg, who is currently an…

  • 5 Free Resume Building Tools

    5 Free Resume Building Tools

    Looking to revamp your resume and hate those ugly standard templates? Today, I will share 5 free resume tools that you should check out. It may seem counterintuitive to share this with you all since these tools could be considered as indirect competition to Resume Rescue. However, the goal with…

  • How to Build a Career Walking Deck That Impresses Hiring Managers

    How to Build a Career Walking Deck That Impresses Hiring Managers

    For those of you who are looking to differentiate yourself in the job market, keep reading! Today’s blog post will feature great advice from LJ Marinello, Sr. Director of Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft, on how to build an effective walking deck. If you haven’t heard of what a career…

  • These 10 LinkedIn Tips Will Make You a Better Networker

    These 10 LinkedIn Tips Will Make You a Better Networker

    Networking—the thought of it either sends a chill down your spine or peaks your interest. Whether you like it or not, networking is a critical part of building your virtual brand and presence. I’d say it is even more important these days because it is much harder to meet new…

  • Making the Move: Teaching to Tech

    Making the Move: Teaching to Tech

    For today’s Making the Move series, I am excited to share Yanira Sesniak‘s transition from the academic world into tech! Yanira is currently a Sr. Business Program Manager in the Data & AI space at Microsoft. Yanira’s Background in Education Yanira always loved school and finished her Bachelors program early, so…

  • 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…