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In this issue... |  | Microsoft Delivers Double Digit Revenue Growth Microsoft announced first quarter revenue of $10.81 billion for the period ended September 30, 2006, an 11% increase over the same quarter of the prior year. | ||||||||||||
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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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Hiring Great Managers Those of you who are studying for your upcoming interviews might be inclined to read a slew of best selling management books, but I would argue that you should just sit back on the sofa for an hour with Kelly Finglass, host of the reality show “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team” on CMT.
Learn more...Five Secrets to Working With a Recruiter As any professional who has ever been out of work knows, finding a job is no small feat. Locating positions of interest and convincing employers you are the one to hire appears simple. In reality, it can be unnerving and frustrating, particularly if the search has been a lengthy one. Enlisting the assistance of a specialized recruiter can ease some of the pressure and help you target your efforts to only the most promising opportunities.
Learn more...Math and Science Degrees More Valuable Than Liberal Arts? Some students spend their college years peering into a microscope or scrutinizing graphs and formulas. Others are more likely to analyze dense prose or write insightful essays. They may earn similar grades, but when it comes time to look for jobs, it often seems the students with a knack for numbers see the bigger payoff.
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Conversation with Soma: VS2005 SP1 on Vista, Visual Studio Evolution, How to Become a VP The Channel 9 team recently sat down to chat with Microsoft's Developer Division leader and Vice President, S. Somasegar (Everybody calls him Soma). We wanted to find out a few things about Visual Studio and life at Microsoft from a long time veteran and successful officer of the company who leads our developer tools division (Visual Studio, Programming Languages, Expression, ASP.NET, ATLAS, etc.....).
Learn more...Q and A: Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott Outlines the Company’s Commitment to People-Ready Business Energized by his first year as CIO, Stuart Scott talks about his vision for Microsoft IT, his goals for technology initiatives and business process improvements, and the challenges of leading one of the largest IT organizations in the world.
Learn more...Tony Williams: Co-inventor of Componentized Application Development (COM) Meet the co-inventor of COM, software architect, Tony Williams. In his eighteen years at Microsoft, Tony has worked on the Windows team, in Microsoft Research, and on Office. His contributions benefit not just Microsoft's applications, but the fundamental way that all Windows applications are written. Tony has been an unwavering champion of componentized application development.
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Microsoft, Industry Partners Offer Early Holiday Gifts to PC Buyers Around the World working with PC manufacturers and system builders to provide holiday PC buyers with low-cost upgrades to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office release.
Learn More ...Microsoft Proposes Continued Innovation and Change in Face of Evolving Malicious Software Threats At a gathering of European IT security professionals, Microsoft security executive asserts that the shift to 64-bit computing is an inflection point for PC security.
Learn More ...Microsoft Releases Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Enhanced security technologies, new experiences enable customers to browse the Web with confidence and ease.
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Microsoft exec puts her stamp on human resources In Microsoft's hypercompetitive culture, employee evaluations are a fact of life. In May, after barely a year as Microsoft's human-resources chief, Lisa Brummel swept away "artifacts of the past," starting with the widely disliked forced curve.
Learn More ...Microsoft Eyes Future of Teleconferencing with RoundTable Technology developed by Microsoft Research matures into a product that is scheduled to debut by mid-2007, providing businesses an alternative to business trips or expensive conventional audio/video conferencing systems.
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Microsoft Receives 2006 Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Corporate Leadership Award Award recognizes contributions to public historically black colleges and universities, and efforts to promote high-technology careers.
Learn More ...Microsoft aids retraining of former combatants in Colombia Microsoft has agreed to donate more than $300,000 to open computer centers in Colombia where former paramilitary fighters will receive free training for civilian jobs.
Learn More ...Microsoft makes $1 million pledge to group building Bellevue theater Microsoft has pledged $1 million to a 2,000-seat theater planned in downtown Bellevue, Washington the company's biggest donation ever to an Eastside nonprofit group. The company decided to make the donation because the theater will benefit employees and the community, including children who will see performances and perform there themselves, said Jane Broom, senior program manager for local community affairs.
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