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Get Started on a Career in IT
Start a career in information technology (IT) by examining your skills,
interest areas, and career goals to identify what types of work appeal
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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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Advice for Novice Job Seekers At times, it seems like there are no
opportunities for individuals looking to enter the working world. But don't
give up. Getting that first job takes a great deal of effort and
persistence, as well as knowing how to best present yourself to a potential
employer.
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Tips to Making a Successful Career Change At one time or another,
most of us will make one, two or more career changes throughout our lives.
It may be very intimidating at first, but it could be completely necessary
to keep yourself happy. Here are eight tips to help you make a smoother
career transition.
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Building for Today's Business Solutions Through Microsoft learning
resources, you can upgrade your skills and learn to apply real-world IT
solutions to business problems.
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Meet Ron Markezich, Microsoft's Chief Information Officer Ron Markezich
was named CIO of Microsoft earlier this spring. Presspass caught up with Ron
to talk with him about the challenges behind delivering the company's
worldwide internal technology infrastructure, corporate information and
internal systems.
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Investing in the Future: New MSN Program Fuels Advertising Innovation
MSN aims to ignite innovation in advertising with a new program in the
United States that teams some of the most creative minds in advertising with
its own top talents and advanced technology to develop online advertising
breakthroughs. Learn
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and Microsoft Collaborate to Secure Critical Financial Infrastructures
BITS, a nonprofit consortium of 100 of the largest integrated financial
institutions in the United States, and Microsoft have announced an alliance
designed to help improve the security of the nation's financial services
infrastructure. The unprecedented collaboration between Microsoft and BITS
is expected to help provide more secure infrastructures for most of the
nation's financial services organizations. Learn
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Microsoft Releases Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains 8.0
This new business solution captures a Microsoft Office look and delivers
rich enhancements to help customers increase efficiency and streamline
business processes. Learn
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Microsoft's Steps to Enhancing Your Online Privacy Microsoft's top
privacy executives discuss the combination of technologies, practices, and
government and industry cooperation that drive the company’s strategy for
promoting customer privacy online. Learn
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Microsoft Researchers Dream Big What if your computer could read
the newspaper for you and tell you just what you needed to know? Researchers
at Microsoft think computers can do just that. Someday. Learn
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Microsoft Workers Help Break Cycle of Poverty in Nicaragua Six people
who met while working as Microsoft interns last year decided to do something
to help children in Nicaragua break the cycle of poverty. The six, all now
Microsoft employees, formed the Seattle fundraising committee of the
Fabretto Children's Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving
education in Nicaragua. Learn
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. |