April 2007 |
| |||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||
In this issue... |  | Microsoft Celebrates Women in Technology: Channel 9 featured some of the amazing women at Microsoft as it celebrated women in technology during Women’s History Month in March. | ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
|
  |
|
| Meet Microsoft Recruiters at the following U.S. career fairs and conferences: Check our website for future events at http://members.microsoft.com/careers/events/default.mspx |
|
  |
|
Seven Networking Myths - Fact or Fiction?: One of the most important career management skills you can develop is the ability to network. Unfortunately, for some, the thought of "working a room" or placing business cards into other people's hands can be downright intimidating.
Learn more...Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Microsoft recruiter Elizabeth Hoogs blogs about not letting the fear of the interview process keep you from applying. Then, if at first you don’t succeed, try again.
Learn more...Interview Checklist: All of your hard work during the job search has paid off and you’ve just scheduled an interview. Here are some interview tips to help you do your best on the big day.
Learn more... |
|
  |
|
Microsoft Japan Names Former HP Man to COO: Yasuyuki Higuchi takes control of commercial and enterprise business.
Learn more...Q&A with Andrew Kass - Microsoft Sharpens Vision: The company is tuning its application life-cycle plans and closing in on IBM Rational, says Andrew Kass, a general manager working on the Visual Studio Team System product line.
Learn more... |
|
  |
|
Microsoft Research Spawns Another Startup: Microsoft announces the launch of ZenZui, a company whose Zooming user interface was initially developed by Microsoft Research before being spun off into a stand-alone firm with the help of the corporation’s IP Ventures program.
Learn More ...Training Magazine Chooses Microsoft #19 in “Top 125 in Training” List: For the third year in a row, Microsoft is being honored for its investment in employee training with this award given to the most successful learning and development organizations annually.
Learn More ...MSN Joins NBC-News Corp. Video Venture: NBC Universal and News Corp. announced a venture to offer their TV shows online.
Learn More ...CollegeGrad.com Names Microsoft on List of Top 500 Entry Level Employers for 2007: See the list and hear more about how the skills and energy of the class of 2007 are in high demand among employers.
Learn More ...Microsoft Learning Center Targets Beginner Programmers: Microsoft has launched a new Web site aimed at helping novices learn to write applications and build their own Web sites.
Learn More ...Final SDK for Visual Studio 2005 Released: Microsoft has released a new version of its software development kit for Visual Studio 2005, the last release that will focus on Visual Studio 2005, also known as Whidbey.
Learn More ... |
|
  |
|
Video: Get a Glimpse of Microsoft's Emerging Technologies: Reporting from Redmond, Wash., CNET News.com's Ina Fried checks out Microsoft's annual TechFest. The internal science fair gives the company's researchers a chance to show off technologies and how they might find their way into Microsoft's products.
Learn More ...Time to Celebrate What We've Got: Jobsblogger, Priya Priyadarshini, discusses recent awards received and the many perks of working at Microsoft.
Learn More ...A Digital Life: New systems may allow people to record everything they see and hear--and even things they cannot sense--and to store all these data in a personal digital archive.
Learn More ...Gates Calls for 'Infinite' H-1Bs and Better Schools: Chairman Bill Gates renewed his fight for "infinite" H-1B guest-worker visas and improvements in U.S. education before largely receptive senators on Capitol Hill.
Learn More ...Gates Loses Virtual Soccer Match to Pro: Bill Gates met his technological match, losing a video game simulation of a penalty shootout to star Mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez 2-1.
Learn More ... |
|
  |
|
Microsoft to Donate Portion of Messenger Ad Sales: Microsoft is giving its users an opportunity to direct where its charitable efforts go to through the i'm Initiative, which sends a portion of Windows Live Messenger ad revenue to a selected charity.
Learn More ...
Microsoft’s Public-Private Partnerships Empower Underserved People Around the World: Microsoft’s Partnerships for Technology Access program supports more than 50 initiatives around the world, working with governments to create public-private partnerships that extend the benefits of PCs to traditionally underserved people.
Learn More ... $1.5 Million Donated to Carnegie Mellon University to Establish the Microsoft Carnegie Mellon Center for Computational Thinking: Aims to promote new solutions to problems like protecting privacy and to improve the understanding of students in grades K-12 of how computers work and why they are important in virtually every aspect of daily life.
Learn More ... |
|
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. |