Spring is a time of renewal, a time to make household repairs, plant a garden, or lose the spare tire that mysteriously appeared sometime between Halloween and New Year’s Day. Dusting off the cobwebs from a long, dark, cold winter also applies to your career.
Be it a refocus, a restart, or a change in direction these tips should help you get started and set the course for a great year.
Resume Refresh
Find your resume: This...
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You prepared for the interviews, felt the interviews went well, and all signs pointed to yes…and yet in the end they decided to go in a different direction. Now what?
After you brush off the upset/mad/confused feelings and start some introspection, realize that this might be one point in your life where you’re more open to a little self -improvement/growth.
How do you regroup and make this a net positive experience?
1) Ask...
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With Social Media making its way into our daily lives, we are relying on it more and more for our communication, information, and, in some cases, even our jobs. As a Recruiter in the Application and Services Group at Microsoft, Social Media is an avenue that my colleagues and I are on daily to search for and reach out to job seekers. If you are someone who is looking for a new role and interested in hearing about what other companies are doing in...
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Q: Dear Recruiter, Can you please tell me your opinion on including a cover letter? Also, are there any other items that I should not be included in my resume?
Great question, this is one that is often asked of me. Even within my own family, I have people who disagree with me on this topic. I have been in the recruiting industry for 12 years and have hired in all disciplines from Finance to Engineering, so I hope my...
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I think that everyone would agree with the statement that we live in a world that is ever changing and always evolving. The standard way of doing things in the past are being replaced with the better, faster, more efficient versions and this can been seen in almost everything we do. Making a career change is no exception.
Gone are the days of reading the ‘Want Ads’ in the newspaper, or dropping off your resume to that potential...
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Why Microsoft?
Prior to joining Microsoft in July of 2010, I had done 3 tours of duty for other Silicon Valley companies. I first came down during the dotcom gold rush working for @Home Networks, which later became Excite@Home. I then moved to eBay which was still seeing massive growth. We expanded globally and acquired several companies such as PayPal. I then spent a short period of time at Yahoo! ...
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Greetings,
I am a recent addition to the Microsoft Corporation. I was lucky enough to land a position on the Global Networking Services Enterprise Solutions team where we design the networks that support the Business Online Services.
Prior to Microsoft I worked for a small Cisco Systems partner where we specialized in mid-sized enterprises. This provided me exposure to a large number of customers all running networks in very different...
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I spoke with a candidate yesterday that was relocating to Seattle because his wife had accepted a job with Bing. He asked my advice on getting his job search started, which prompted me to share the advice with all of you. Here are 3 things that you can do that will put you ahead of the pack.
1. Brush up your resume.
Ideally you want to look for a job while you still have one. If you are...
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Hello job seekers! I hope you are off to a great start into the new decade. Now that 2011 has made its grand entrance and we are in a new year, have you thought about a new job? Here is an easy tip to help you prepare for your next interview!
Keep a “kudos” or “You Rock” folder on your computer. Yes, I’m serious! Every time your efforts result in something that gets special recognition from your manager or...
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Please consider your online presence! Which means those pictures of you doing a wet t-shirt contest should be removed on Facebook. I have a friend who has a job interview this week and she just emailed me to remove a ton of pictures I have of her up on Flickr, a social site where people look for you, too. While you may have went and made them all private, Bing and other search engines still have cached images of those photos. I had...
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