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In this issue... |  | Work Hard and Play Hard – It’s All About Balance! Microsoft employees are passionate about our mission of developing software and services that help businesses and people around the world realize their full potential. We love the work we do and we work hard, but we are also just as passionate about having fulfilling and rewarding lives outside of work. It’s all about balance, and Microsoft offers several programs to help employees maintain that balance. | ||||||||||||
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| Microsoft Recruiters are on the road over the next few months. Feel free to visit with us 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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There's never been a better time to explore the potential of a Microsoft career. Whatever your career aspirations may be, Microsoft offers a broad range of products and services to allow you to realize your full potential. At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them.
We run our business in much the same way, and believe our seven core business units offer the greatest potential to serve our customers in the coming decade. With our seven core business units, there are broad opportunities – whether you want to develop best-in-class software and services, to bring breakthrough technologies to market, or to serve our customers – you can find your place at Microsoft. Take a closer look at our seven core business units to learn about the software and services each produces! Microsoft. Your potential. Our passion. Learn More ... |
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| Why do some of the top MBA grads choose to work at Microsoft? For some it’s the incredibly bright people that they’ll work with. For others it’s the technology and resources. For still others it’s the complex business problems you’ll be challenged with solving. For some like Tracie it’s all three – meet Tracie, Group Product Manager, Server Platform and Enterprise, Product Marketing Group. |
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Learn How Microsoft Visually Impaired Persons Impact Microsoft Technologies Building products with accessibility in mind has never been more important.
Learn More ...MS Women Share Passion for Technology with Girls The Alliance of Technology and Women (ATW) is bringing together women with a passion for technology and girls who want to pursue technology careers. Find out from the Microsoft women who participated what they gained from speaking to girls during TechCamps Northwest.
Learn More ...A Sense of Purpose Endures in Microsoft’s VP of Human Resources Growing up, most people haven't the slightest clue what they want to do as adults. Then there's Ken DiPietro, who decided at age 8 that he wanted to go into human resources.
Learn More ...Microsoft Unveils Office Solution Accelerator Program D to Help Deliver Ongoing Value to Customers and Partners First of Many Office Solution Accelerators to Be Delivered This Fall With Microsoft Office System Launch.
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See How MSN Messenger Rescues Wedding! When pregnancy complications kept one Microsoft employees’ sister and brother-in-law from attending his wedding, he called on a messenger—MSN Messenger—to help bring the wedding to them.
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New Education Program Brings Hardware Technology Training to Boys & Girls Clubs of America The new Skill Tech II curriculum -- part of the five-year Club Tech initiative supported by a US $100 million Microsoft grant -- offers aspiring young technology wizards creative, engaging ways to learn about network design and administration.
Learn More ...Microsoft's New Unlimited Potential Initiative Seeks to Bridge Global Technology Skills Gap: Company Commits to Delivering Technology Training to Underserved Communities Worldwide In today's knowledge-based economy, computer literacy has become a vital workplace skill - a skill that millions of people worldwide still lack. To help narrow this skills gap and aid global work-force development, Microsoft Corp. launched Unlimited Potential (UP), a global initiative focused on providing technology skills for disadvantaged individuals through community-based technology and learning centers (CTLCs).
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. |