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In this issue... |  | ViewMyWorld.com: Check out this new Microsoft web site that invites you to step inside and view the company in a whole new way. With lots of video, blogs and insight into life here, this site allows you to hear from technical employees about what it’s really like to work at Microsoft. | ||||||||||||
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| Meet Microsoft Recruiters at the following U.S. career fairs and conferences: |
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Hey Genius - Tell Us What You Think!: College recruiter, Janelle Godfrey, introduces us to the new Hey-Genius.com site for exploring your career options and just for fun.
Learn more...Microsoft #6 in BusinessWeek's Report on Best Places to Launch a Career: Rankings are based on extensive surveys of career services directors at U.S. colleges, the employers they identify as the best for new graduates, and college students themselves.
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How Do You Know if You're Adequately Prepared for Your Interview?: Microsoft Staffing Manager, Heather Hamilton, and a fellow recruiter provide tips on preparing for your interview.
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Microsoft Resume Workshop- Get Your Resume Noticed: Watch this resume workshop for helpful tips from one of our technical recruiters, Janelle Godfrey.
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Teaching Computers to Read Minds: MS Researcher Desney Tan hopes to develop a mass-market EEG system consisting of a small number of electrodes that, affixed to a person's head, communicate wirelessly with software on a PC.
Learn more...Meet Harold Ryan - Studio Lead at Bungie Studios: Right now, Harold may be the most important person at Microsoft, since he runs Bungie Studios, the company's flagship Xbox game developer.
Learn more...Alex Hinrichs and Jeff Woolsey - Announcing Windows Server 2008 RC0: Alex, who runs the Windows Server ship room, and Jeff, senior program manager on the Virtualization team, discuss the new innovations in the next server OS.
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'Halo 3' Video Game Smashes Sales Records: With $170 million in U.S. retail sales in the first 24 hours, Halo 3 had one of the biggest opening days in entertainment history.
Learn More ...Photos of Launch Day Learn More ... Microsoft Silverlight Rivals Flash, AJAX: The new rich Internet application boasts strong development tools, a small browser footprint, and cross-platform support.
Learn More ...Winners of Code2Fame Challenge Announced: With Windows Home Server just about ready to be released to the masses, this week Microsoft revealed the winners of the first Code2Fame Challenge—a contest dedicated to finding the most innovative Windows Home Server add-ins.
Learn More ...Microsoft Links Office to Web with Live Workspace: The free doc-sharing service will let people store, share, and collaborate on Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents online and share their desktop with one another.
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Microsoft Backs Cricket to Woo Indian Employees: It is an unlikely place for a game of cricket, but the members of the Microsoft Cricket Club have spent hundreds of afternoons playing on the fields near the company's campus in Redmond, Washington.
Learn More ...Inside Halo's Secret Lab: Geeks, guns and glory: The mad scramble to finish Halo 3, the most anticipated video game of all time.
Learn More ...Mobil Medicine: Yet Another Great Microsoft Benefit!: JobsBlogger, Jenna Adorno, talks about one of her favorite health benefits and how it saved her from spending hours in the ER.
Learn More ...Don't Leave Your Office Unguarded: If you have prankster co-workers like Neil, a Staffing Director at Microsoft, it's better to not leave your office unlocked.
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Microsoft Technology Innovation Helps Bring Postal Industry Into the Electronic Age: Earth Class Mail’s solution is a Web-based software system, developed on Microsoft .NET, that seeks to do for postal mail what cellular technology did for telephone calls: make it mobile by making it digital.
Learn More ...Using Spam Blockers to Target HIV, Too: A Microsoft researcher and his team make a surprising new assault on the AIDS epidemic.
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. |