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In this issue... |  | Connecting the Dots: Microsoft Researchers and Other Employees Share Ideas, Build Relationships at Sixth Annual TechFest Microsoft stimulates technology transfer between its global research labs and product teams with a two-day gathering at the company’s Redmond, WA campus. | ||||||||||||
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| Meet Microsoft Recruiters at the following U.S. career fairs and conferences: Check our website for future events at http://www.microsoft.com/careers/events/ |
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What’s Your Greatest Weakness? Catch up on a discussion Jobsblog had on this subject last month.
Learn more...11 Skills You Need for a Management Job How do you know whether you are qualified for that management job you are interested in? Work Essentials can help you evaluate your situation.
Learn more...How Do You Know When it's Time to Hire? Whether you are looking for your first or fifth job, at some point in your career, you’ll be the one hiring employees, so here are some tips that will make the process easier. And if you are the one looking for a position, take a minute to think like a hiring manager - how would you find you?
Learn more...Women and Negotiating Salary Spend some time on Heather Hamilton's blog hearing what Heather and others think the keys to negotiating salary are – for both women AND men.
Learn more...Performance Reviews Can be Valuable Job Search Tools Well-written performance appraisals can provide job-seekers with information that can be used in a resume. Let Work Essentials show you how to conduct a job review self-evaluation, or a review of someone else’s performance.
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Noted Computer Scientist Leads Microsoft's New Net Unit Get to know the leader of Microsoft's newly announced Live Labs online group, computer scientist Gary William Flake.
Learn more...From Intern to Full-time Employee at Microsoft Meet Gildas Cheung, 22, a graduate of Microsoft's high-school internship program who began working at the company full time four months ago as a systems analyst in the licensing group.
Learn more...Takashi Sensui Named General Manager of Microsoft’s Xbox Division in Japan Takashi Sensui, an experienced games executive is set to lead Xbox 360 post-launch efforts in Japan.
Learn more...Nicol to 'Bring Out the Soul' of MSN John Nicol was on sabbatical with his teenage daughter delivering computers to schools in Uganda last September when he got a phone call from a top honcho at MSN asking him to be general manager of Microsoft's portal.
Learn more...Microsoft Researcher Does Star Turn Hollywood has Stephen Spielberg and George Clooney, but Redmond has John Platt. The senior researcher from Microsoft Corp. recently accepted an Academy Award for technical achievement. Platt, 42, won along with University of Toronto professor Demetri Terzopoulos for the techniques they developed in the 1980s to make computer-simulated cloth look and move like the real thing.
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Windows Live Expo Beta Now Available to U.S. Consumers The Windows Live Expo beta, a free online marketplace from Microsoft, helps customers define their own marketplace universe.
Learn More ...Microsoft Unveils Windows Vista Product Lineup Offerings deliver unique value across business and consumer audiences.
Learn More ...Microsoft Launches Microsoft Dynamics Snap, New Collection of Software Programs that Snap into Microsoft Office Four new snap-in programs allow Microsoft Office 2003 users to interact with data and business processes from certain Microsoft Dynamics applications as they create documents, collaborate and manage their calendar – all without having to leave Microsoft Office.
Learn More ...Customers to Receive Better Solutions and More Product Options With 2007 Microsoft Office Release New and improved programs, servers and services will give customers unparalleled flexibility.
Learn More ...Microsoft Pushes Innovations to Grow Wireless Industry Steve Ballmer unveils new Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile and Windows Live for Mobile Search, showcases new TV service for Smartphones at 3GSM.
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Q and A: Microsoft Unveils Next Generation of Web Authoring and Design Tools Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer feature deep support for open Web standards as well as extensive customization features.
Learn More ...Go "Behind the Code" with Anders Hejlsberg Before coming to Microsoft in 1996, Anders Hejlsberg was well noted for his work as the principal engineer of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of the Delphi product line. At Microsoft he was architect for the Visual J++ development system and the Windows Foundation Classes (WFC). Promoted to Distinguished Engineer in 2000, Anders is the chief designer of the C# programming language and a key participant in the development of Microsoft’s .NET framework. Join Anders as he takes us behind the code.
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Microsoft Gives $41 Million in Software and Cash to Help Groups Better Collaborate in Times of Crises The recipients – NetHope and The Interagency Working Group on Emergency Capacity Building – seek IT solutions to help their non-governmental organization (NGO) members enhance their humanitarian efforts.
Learn More ...Making U.S. Workforce More Competitive Microsoft’s Global Corporate Affairs Department develops partnerships, donates strategically and provides training to broaden access to technology and computing skills to those who need it. In a Q and A, Microsoft Vice President Pamela Passman discusses what's needed to make the U.S. workforce more competitive in a high-tech global economy.
Learn More ...Microsoft Donates Staff Time to Charity in Asia Employees given paid leave to volunteer on projects aimed at narrowing the digital divide.
Learn More ...Microsoft, Department of Labor Team Up to Train Technology Workers At the National Association of Workforce Boards’ Forum 2006, Microsoft launches Digital Literacy curriculum to prepare U.S. workers to compete in the knowledge economy.
Learn More ...Narrowing the Global Technology Gap with Support from Microsoft Research 'Digital Inclusion' Awards Q and A: The proposal winners of $1.2 million in Academic Research Funding span the world and target projects aimed at technology challenges to health, education, and socioeconomic conditions.
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