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By Elizabeth Hoogs Too often I hear that one of the top reasons a student does not apply to Microsoft is because our interview process is intimidating. I agree, it is. But trust me, you should apply anyway since you might be surprised. I'm sure there Read More...
By Eric Stutzman Looking for a new career opportunity can be time consuming; especially if you are doing your search as a fulltime employee at your present company. The first stop for many people is a job board. There are many choices in job boards that Read More...
By Elizabeth Hoogs In the last three weeks, I have been to as many schools and as many career fairs. I just finished the Fall Career Fair at University of Wisconsin Madison, and after shaking hands and collecting resumes, I have a stack of candidates Read More...
As you saw from the last post, Microsoft highly values hiring campus candidates. We also know there's a group of you who are "tweeners"- you're not technically a campus candidate (been out of school for more than one year) but you don't have a ton of Read More...
By Elizabeth Hoogs We talk about “college candidates” a lot on JobsBlog, but who does and doesn’t this term refer to? While at first glance this seems somewhat easy (they’re in college, Liz), I want to talk not just about what makes a “college” candidate Read More...
When you met your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife, you were probably prepared for the basic compromises that come with a relationship, but did you expect to sacrifice your career for the sake of your spouse? This is a question that plagues recruiters Read More...
Hmm... Is this you? You yesterday: "Wow! This Microsoft job is PERFECT for me!!! I'm going to apply right now! Man, what a slam dunk." You today: "I don't get it. NOBODY has called me about that position. What's the problem? Do recruiters even read their Read More...
Did the title of this blog post capture your attention? Good! It was supposed to, but I must advise you against such shock tactics. Why? I receive quite a few requests for assistance in my e-box everyday, and you would be surprised at the different ways Read More...
By Janelle Godfrey The answer is...NOW! Even though your school may not be back in session here at Microsoft we are always looking for the best and the brightest! There is no penalty for sending in a resume early... I personally would have loved to have Read More...
By Priya Priyadarshini Been a while since I posted anything, hopefully you are eagerly awaiting my second publication. I have been thinking about it for a while and could not decide on a theme or topic for this blog. I thought that the readers deserve Read More...
I get hundreds of resumes a week; some are thoughtful and intelligent, but many are a notch above SPAM. What makes the difference junk and jewels? I asked one recently hired JobsBlog reader -Troy Schauls - how he went about contacting someone he did not Read More...
By Elizabeth Hoogs Often I get emails from students entering their computer engineering or computer science departments asking for advice. What do we look for in a student? Which classes should they take to set themselves up to be a successful applicant Read More...
By Matthew Kennedy Pradeep posed a great question last week. He asked about our system of targeting certain schools (such as the ones I work with ) and the impact our system has on those schools not targeted. Pradeep wonders if targeting specific schools Read More...
Since Jim is on vacation this week, our buddy Glenn Gutmacher offered to fill in for him. Glenn works on our technical sourcing team, and I've often heard Jim describe Glenn as the "great one." :) In fact, Jim has posted about Glenn before. Anyway, here's Read More...
I have a handful of people interviewing this week, and as a curious experiment, I decided to share with you their “source," or where we found them. You know what? Only few were found through traditional “resume submissions," and most were found through Read More...
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