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June 2006 - Posts

Why work at Microsoft? Reason #2

Posted Thursday, June 29, 2006 1:11 PM by JobsBlog
Arguably, one of the hottest technologies on the Web 2.0 scene is AJAX. Did you know that we invented that? No? Well, did you know we invented that back in 1999 and everyone else is just now catching up? Ajax Timeline: 1997 – IE 4.0 introduces ability Read More...
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Why work at Microsoft? Reason #1

Posted Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:43 PM by JobsBlog
What’s better than working with a talented group of engineers in data mining? How about working with the guy who created data mining in the first place? Rakesh Agrawal, who is credited with creating data mining (the science of extracting trends from large Read More...
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Matthew Kennedy joins in on all the fun!

Posted Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:27 AM by JobsBlog
by Matthew Kennedy Ah, the dreaded bio - I must somehow make my intro compelling, yet not too cheesy. I guess we can start with the basics. My name is Matthew Kennedy and I am a College Staffing Consultant (fancy way of saying recruiter) here at Microsoft. Read More...
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Julez gets on the bus - Welcome!

Posted Monday, June 26, 2006 9:10 AM by JobsBlog
By Julia Colvin Ah, the bio section. I usually don't put much because if I wanted to put everything so that you could really get to know me it would take far more space than I'm allotted and would probably bore you. Here we go though: My name is Julia Read More...
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Visa and MasterCard

Posted Friday, June 23, 2006 11:25 AM by JobsBlog
The only "visa" I like to talk about is the kind that can buy you new shoes. But it seems lately that everyone wants to talk about the other visa: H1B, and its recent 2006 cap in the United States. My first and last word of advice about "getting an H1B" Read More...
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Enter Liz

Posted Friday, June 23, 2006 9:58 AM by JobsBlog
By Elizabeth Hoogs Hi all! My name is Elizabeth Hoogs, my friends call me Liz, and I am a Staffing Consultant for the College Recruiting Team at Microsoft. I recruit at specifically targeted schools, namely University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Read More...
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Another new voice: Meet Priya Priyadarshini

Posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:37 AM by JobsBlog
By Priya Priyadarshini Hi folks, time for some formal introduction. I am Priya aka "Priya", sorry no surprises there :) I am an international recruiter at Microsoft. I have been the international correspondent on this blog for a couple of months, and Read More...
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Meet Eric Stutzman

Posted Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:39 AM by JobsBlog
By Eric Stutzman Hi - I am Eric Stutzman, Staffing Consultant for Microsoft Business Division with a current focus on Microsoft Business Solutions and Office Live. My role is a bit different than your typical staffing consultant in that I am focused on Read More...
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The Coding Master gets a new job

Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:46 PM by JobsBlog
I told you things change at Microsoft often- so here is proof: The Coding Master (Luan) now has a new job and he has not even started yet! We are moving him from an SDET into an SDE role. Congratulations on your second job this week! Of course, this is Read More...
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Meet Janelle Godfrey

Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 9:09 AM by JobsBlog
By Janelle Godfrey Hello! My name is Janelle Godfrey and I am a Technical Recruiter for Microsoft. My job is great; I find college students (Undergrad, Masters and PhD)’s from a variety of locations and schools, and hire them into all types of positions Read More...
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New names, fresh voices, interesting perspectives

Posted Monday, June 19, 2006 9:57 AM by JobsBlog
Two posts in one day, can ya handle it? There's just so much exciting stuff happening around here these days and I have a big announcement to make. We've invited some new people to join us and start posting on JobsBlog! The best part is that they come Read More...
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The Coding Master is Hired!

Posted Monday, June 19, 2006 9:31 AM by JobsBlog
Remember the winner of my coding contest ? Back in February, Luan impressed me with his wicked coding sample, and ever since I have been trying to find a way to meet him. But since Luan lived in Singapore, flying to meet him was more complex than usual, Read More...
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Scotland continued ...

Posted Friday, June 16, 2006 8:30 AM by JobsBlog
Now that I am fully settled back in , I'm loading up all of my digital photos and thought it would be appropriate to share one from Scotland with the rest of the blogging world. Here I am with some of the LiveLabs gang in front of the Edinburgh castle. Read More...
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Internet Voyeurism

Posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:52 PM by JobsBlog
While I was in Australia last week I was introduced to the socially fascinating and frightening internet site, Hot or Not . I’m sure you have seen it; according to my coworkers I am about the last person on the internet to discover it. I am not proud Read More...
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Back from Australia (and Scotland)

Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:25 AM by JobsBlog
Whew, I came back yesterday and am still recovering from all the jetlag. I interviewed over 60 candidates in 5 days and am happy to say we are making a number of great new hires to the Windows Live team (which I will announce further details of this week). Read More...
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