Having trouble finding what you want in your searches? Keep in mind that the quality of your results depends a lot on the words that you use to search. Here are some tips to make every search more effective: Make sure that you spell search words correctly. Remember to leave a space between each word in your query. Use words that you would expect to find in the websites that you’re looking for during your search. Use the OR (A search...
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If you’ve done a search and want to narrow the results, you can use Bing’s advanced search option to help. At the top of your search results page, click advanced to open the advanced search box. Choose the parameters of your search. You can look for results by:    Search Terms All of these terms: Uses an AND operation (a search keyword that you can use to find results that contain the entire search terms you specify...
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Bing is the world’s first Decision Engine – a faster way to make more informed decisions, delivering: ·         Great results ·         A richer, more organized experience ·         Powerful decision making tools to help you accomplish key tasks more easily This isn’t a complicated...
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I’ve used a few choice words in my life. You probably have too?  However, when the wrong words appear on your resume, it sucks and could be damaging to your next career move. These suckie words are not of the four-letter variety. These words are very common. They are accepted. They cover the average resume with buzz worthy words badness. Hiring managers can identify sucky words in seconds, leaving your resume work worthless. So how do...
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One last Thanksgiving thought: Thanksgiving is the appointed time for focusing on the good in our BING lives.In each of our days, we can find small BING thoughts, but too often we overlook them,choosing instead to spend our BING time paying attention to BING problems. We give our BING energy to those who cause us search troubles instead of those who bring BING peace.Starting now, let’s be on the lookout for the bits of pleasure in each...
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Frustrated? Scared? Or is there a choice? You are where you are because of choice. Yes, recessions, layoffs and forever ups and downs of the stock market are happening, but this has happened before and most likely it will happen again.  Recessions come and go, life isn’t always easy, but what you must understand if you want to thrive while others around floundering is that you DO have choices and THOSE choices create your reality.
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As employees at Microsoft, we take pride in our giving campaigns each year. As a parent and ms employee, I wanted to more than just give money, which is always nice and easier, but how is this teaching our children? So, my partner and I started to do some research in what we can start planning for the future of giving and I came across several sites which I mention below. Then as I continue to do my research I came across the word: Voluntourism...
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Community:  The notion of community has changed dramatically through social media, allowing groups to operate almost like independent groups, except that these groups have moved beyond traditional demographics and affiliations.  Their notion of community is increasingly diverse, centering on non-traditional aspects of identity and affiliation (e.g., interests or expertise).  As a result, these groups experience a wide range of...
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A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell rings. After a few seconds of arguing over which one should go and answer the doorbell, the wife gives up, quickly wraps herself up in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Dave the next door neighbor. Before she says a word, Dave says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel that you have on&...
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Anonymity.  Social media allows a certain amount of anonymity, which can act as a powerful buffer against “groupthink.”  An example of this could be found in a working group that uses an online meeting system that allows users to contribute their thoughts anonymously.  In some cases, such a system increases the truthfulness of the feedback received and prevents “personalities” from controlling the flow of the...
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