• Title Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft
• Author(s) Katherine Murray
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (2010)
• eBook 113 pages (2.51 MB)
• Language: English
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Book Description

This book was written for students who are interested in exploring their career choices and gaining the skills they need to increase their marketability in the workplace. But the ideas and resources you’ll find in Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft also apply to you if you are currently unemployed or underemployed, preparing to return to the workforce, or just considering polishing your skills and increasing your chances for a promotion or a better job down the road.

Specifically, this book will help you

• Learn what technology skills employers are looking for today
• Identify your learning style and your work style, and see how that knowledge can help you in the workplace
• Assess the skills you have, and identify new skills you need
• Chart a learning map for your own career development
• Explore Microsoft resources to learn the skills you need in key areas
• Practice a set of demonstrable abilities—making a pitch or delivering a presentation that you can use in your interviews
• Create a career marketing plan to manage your job search

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• Professional Careers and Job Interviews
• Project Management
• Software Engineering

• Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft ©2010 (Katherine Murray)