Tag: career advice

  • Part 1: Job Hunting During the Pandemic

    Part 1: Job Hunting During the Pandemic

    For those of you who missed it, I recently finished My First Chapter at Microsoft as a Sales Operations Program Manager in Canada. Since I took on a role for someone who was going on maternity leave, I always knew that I had to keep my eye on what’s next.…

  • Day 21: On The Hunt

    Day 21: On The Hunt

    These days, I’ve been exploring many potential career paths. My predecessor comes back from maternity leave in the Fall, so I’ve been actively on the lookout for “what’s next”. Since I’ve had so many career chats, I am sometimes caught between needing to clarify what I want in my career…

  • To the graduating class of 2021…

    To the graduating class of 2021…

    It’s already been over a year since I’ve graduated, and I was so naive to have thought that life would suddenly make sense once I got my degree. Yes, I am grateful to be where I am today, but I still feel lost about where I’m going tomorrow. I might…

  • What Career Impact Means at Microsoft

    What Career Impact Means at Microsoft

    What does making an impact in your career really mean at a company like Microsoft? I had the pleasure of meeting with Priya Priyadarshini, General Manager of Career & Development at Microsoft, to chat about her journey from an intern to GM and what success looks like in a “VUCA”…