My last blog post was about resume tips for developers.  Since I am a technical recruiter, I spend a lot of my time talking with candidates, hiring managers and reviewing resumes.  As a recruiter at Microsoft, you juggle the precarious task of candidate experience, hiring manager experience, diversity and inclusion and striving to find the right talent.  We are serious about all areas.  So what better way to enhance the...
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This is part 3 of 3 on what you know know about writing and having a job-related blog or website.  Part 1 is located here.  Part 2 is located here. Smart BloggingBusinessWeek has information on how to blog safely and how to blog without getting fired.  The suggestions include blogging anonymously, making your blog not searchable, limiting who can read your blog, and, when employed, focusing your blog on limited topics which...
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I’m a big Top Chef fan and I love to cook, but I don’t really consider myself a “Foodie.” There are too many concepts I’m totally ignorant of that are old news to most Foodies. For instance, the whole concept of deconstructed cooking was foreign to me until started watching the show. Given the large number of ingredients Microsoft uses to create our online services, I thought it would be fun to look at some of...
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