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Leana has just got a call from a prospective employer and has been invited to an interview. She is very excited but a bit nervous at the same time. She has never been to any interviews and has no clue on how to prepare for the upcoming interview. Leana has about a week to prepare herself.

We all go through this phase with our very first (or even with others) interviews. Today we will learn about the basics of how to prepare for an interview. Below are the key areas to include in your preparations.

1. Research the company and the industry.
2. Prepare a one minute sales pitch on yourself (that you can say while asked to tell about yourself). (more…)

Couple of days someone asked me about Microsoft Certification courses. I looked at the website and found there are e-learning opportunities that can help one with his/her next project or to take their career to the next level.

I thought most popular ones will be SQL Server, Visual Studio and Office. Most of them are intended for IT professionals; however, even if you are not an IT-Pro yet, but want to learn, it might be worth while to try some of the free 90 day subscriptions.

Here is a link of the page:

https://www.microsoftelearning.com/catalog/itprodev.aspx

Recently I have been reviewing lots of resumes for some software positions in our team. So I decided to post some tips that might come in handy while preparing a resume.

My feedback is based on the resumes of the candidates having a BS/MS on Computer Science with zero to couple of years of industry experience.

It was written in informal emails in the context of resume style used in the US for industry jobs. The comments are available in here: csebuet.org.

“So, what are you going to do after graduation?”  Perhaps you heard this question thousands of times already! from your parents, teachers, your friends, cousins, neighbors, etc. Now, anytime you even think this question might arise, you avoid the conversation or try to change the topic. Because the answer is, “I don’t know!“  You know you do not want to go for higher education at this time; you want to start your career instead.  But you are not so sure about the right path for your career! You are not sure whether you want to apply for jobs that are directly related to your field/degree, or apply for what sounds interesting to you!  You are scared to go to interviews because you think you will never be able to win one!  You are not happy with your resume but do not want to talk about it to friends or family! (more…)