September 2007 |
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In this issue... |  | Microsoft Announces Winners of Imagine Cup 2007: The winners were crowned after a week of intense competition among finalists chosen from a pool of more than 100,000 students from over 100 countries. | ||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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What’s The Right Microsoft Group for You?: JobsBlogger, Ginny Cheng, encourages candidates to not just focus their career search on a particular product group, but to consider the various job opportunities within the different groups.
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How Lisa Brummel is Making Microsoft a Better Place: She may have been an unlikely candidate for the job, but Senior VP of HR Lisa Brummel has made some noteworthy changes to enhance the employee experience at Microsoft.
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Meet Microsoft’s International Recruiters: International recruiter, Anne Cheng, introduces us to the team that specializes in connecting talented people across the world with careers at MS.
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How to be a Winning Job Candidate: Next to running for office, a job search is a cake walk. But, that doesn't mean you can't learn something from the world of politics.
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Microsoft is Hiring America’s Heroes: This leader in the IT industry is proving to also be a leader in assisting our nation’s veterans in transitioning to civilian careers by offering various opportunities at Microsoft.
Learn more...Q and A with Zeeshan - Former College Hire Talks about His New Adventure: Zeeshan, a senior SDE, discusses his career path and experiences working both at and outside of corporate headquarters.
Learn more...Peter Spiro: Building Great Databases, Making Great Teams, Leadership, WinFS, Etc: Hear how this forestry student got a job at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and then came to Microsoft to help build the team that drove SQL Server to the huge success it is today.
Learn more...Meet Stuart Scott- The Changing Face of CIOs: No longer are CIOs expected to simply care for their companies' vast computer networks, CIOs are now expected to apply their computer knowledge to the long-term growth and strategic relevance of their companies.
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"Cloud" Sits Upon Foundation of Worldwide Data Centers: Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie explains in detail how Microsoft is building a global system for delivering Internet services.
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Silverlight Makes Major League Debut: The first major deployment of Microsoft's Silverlight technology went live in August, with the web site for Major League Baseball using version 1.0 of the browser for interactive video content.
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Halo 3: How Microsoft Labs Invented a New Science of Play: Since it’s owned by Microsoft, Bungie Studios has access to one of the most advanced game-testing facilities ever built.
Learn More ...Multi-touch Display Uses All 10 Fingers: A joint project between Microsoft Research and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs has resulted in touch screens on both the front and back of a mobile device that are used simultaneously.
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Microsoft's New Leaders Prepare for the Post-Gates Era: Building a bank of collective wisdom is one part of the preparations going on at the highest levels as Microsoft prepares for a momentous shift to the post-Gates era.
Learn More ...Channel 9 Goes Behind the Scenes at the Imagine Cup 2007 Finals: Joe Wilson, Director of Academic Evangelism and grand poobah of the Imagine Cup, walks us around on a tour of the scene and introduces us to each of the competition categories.
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Microsoft Joins Program to Give Away Software in India: The company will distribute free software to non-profit groups to boost charity in India - nearly 35,000 non-profit groups will be eligible for these donations.
Learn More ...Microsoft Offers Free Software to Louisiana SMBs: As part of its ongoing Katrina relief effort, Microsoft will offer one year of Windows or Office software for free to qualified SMBs that buy a three-year open value license.
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. |