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In this issue... |  | Microsoft Reports Fourth Quarter Results and Announces Share Repurchase Program Microsoft delivers strong finish to fiscal year with 16% fourth quarter revenue growth; Announces $20 billion tender offer. | ||||||||||||
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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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Freakonomics and How This Applies to Recruiters Check in with Jenna, one of our resident Microsoft recruiters on Jobsblog, to find out how the “trendiest best-seller book going”, Freakonomics, relates to recruiters. Jenna’s post on recruiter motivation and risk/reward scenarios might get you one step closer to understanding the interview process from a recruiters’ point of view.
Learn more...Get Trained Stay competitive, get trained. Microsoft offers you comprehensive training that helps you to build technical solutions and stay competitive today and in the future. Microsoft develops training for professionals who support, implement, and develop solutions using Microsoft technologies.
Learn more...Perfecting Your Digital Resume You spent hours scrutinizing every word and punctuation mark of your resume. You listened to the criticism and advice of one proofreader after another telling you exactly how to make your resume flawless. But before you send it, stop and consider the hundreds, maybe thousands, of job seekers you're competing with who are about to do the same thing. Are you still confident your resume is ready to shoot through cyberspace?
Learn more...Seven Things to Tell an Interviewer If you read other books on job interviews, you'll notice they feed you lists of interview questions and answers to memorize. An interview is not an interrogation, however it's a conversation. To make it that way you need to come armed with a multitude of small stories about both your business and personal lives.
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Microsoft’s Alejandra Calatayud Listed Among 2006 LISTA Awardees Alejandra Calatayud, general manager of the Small, Midmarket Solutions & Partners & East Region Emerging Markets, has been named recipient of the prestigious Corporate Citizen Achiever Award by LISTA (Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association) for corporate citizenship efforts to increase the number of U.S. Hispanics in the IT industry.
Learn more...Meet Microsoft’s Ultimate Beta Tester With tens of thousands of external beta testers examining the latest Microsoft software, little is said about the company's largest guinea pig: itself. Long before a final release, Microsoft has put the beta bits into production -- a process it calls "eating its own dog food."
Learn more...Meet Ludovic, Development Manager for Microsoft Project “I started with Microsoft as an intern 11 years ago. Now I’m a development manager for Microsoft Project. I’m one of the few folks who have stayed on the same team for their whole career here. I just fell in love with the team and the product.”
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TechEd 2006 Get a virtual look at the big TechEd event in June – in case you missed it.
Learn More ...Nortel and Microsoft Form Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Transformation of Business Communications The convergence of the communications and IT industries took a significant step forward in July as Microsoft Corp. and Nortel announced a strategic alliance based on a shared vision for unified communications. The alliance will allow both companies to drive new growth opportunities and has the potential to ultimately transform businesses communications, reducing costs and complexity and improving productivity for customers.
Learn More ...Windows Principles
Recognizing the important role the Microsoft Windows operating system plays in the global information economy, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith recently announced a set of voluntary principles that will help guide the future development of the Windows desktop platform worldwide, starting with Windows Vista.
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Bill’s New Role: In His Own Words Based on Bill Gates’ July 15, 2006 announcement that he will be stepping out of his Chairman role at Microsoft, watch this behind the scenes interview with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer talking about Bill’s new role.
Learn More ...New and Upcoming Titles Hot off the Press! Check out new and upcoming Microsoft Press book titles three weeks before they hit the shelves, plus any we've released in the past couple of months.
Learn More ...Take the 2007 Microsoft Office Release out for a Test Drive! You are just a few clicks away from a free online test drive of the latest version of Microsoft Office programs. Take them out for a spin in a quick, easy-to-use, browser-based trial experience. The real-time test drive does not require product installation or download—it's the fastest way to try out 2007 Microsoft Office system programs. In just minutes you can start exploring Microsoft Office through your Web browser on your own, or follow the step-by-step tutorials to experience all of its useful features.
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MSN Games: Playing for a Cause MSN Games wants you to play for a cause. You play. We give. It’s a win-win. By playing MSN Games now through August 30, you can earn donations to support the YWCA — helping to empower women everywhere.
Learn More ...Microsoft Partners with College of Computing at Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr College to Form Institute for Personal Robots in Education In a move designed to boost enrollment and retention in college computer science classes, Microsoft Corp. recently announced the creation of the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) in partnership with the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr College. The institute is designed to reinvigorate computer science curriculum by delivering robotics technology tailored for teaching purposes, scientifically evaluated for its effectiveness in live teaching situations. The resulting materials will be made available widely to the academic community.
Learn More ...Q&A: Faculty Panelists Discuss the State of Computer Science Education Microsoft Research’s External Research and Programs group held its annual Faculty Summit at the Microsoft Conference Center on the Redmond campus in July. More than 350 academic leaders representing 175 institutions attended. The 2006 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit picked up where last year’s summit left off, by addressing the growing crisis in computer science education and its talent pipeline in the United States.
Learn More ...Microsoft Exec Points Way for Youths "Maybe the best way to boost the appeal of computer science among America's youth is to get Bill Gates to consistently sink 30-foot putts. OK, maybe not, but one top Microsoft Corp. executive expressed disappointment that so many of the nation's children dream of careers as professional athletes and entertainers -- rather than more meaningful and achievable positions in computer science and engineering."
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