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If you are away from your office for a while at Microsoft - then dont expect it to remain intact by the time you are back. While I was out for MGX 2006 (Microsoft Global Exchange - Akin to the global sales-Kick off meeting at the ending of every fiscal
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Less than a month ago I had the opportunity to catch up with Jenna Adorno and she blogged about it too at Jobsblog which really was more a lunch to get to know the new face behind the Jobsblog than anything. Jenna shared her true passion for recruiting
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The New York Times the other day talked about the problem with business meetings about too much time being spent in meetings per week . The Average as you can see from the graphic on the left is 4.34 hrs spent per week and about 2.28 hrs for Males and
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"So Does Microsoft sponsor H1B visas!?" Aaah - how many times have I heard that question asked of me. Jenna Adorno (the JobsBlog headhoncho) now that Gretchen is out doing her thang at JobSyntax has a small little write up on this issue .. and for everything
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Chalk this one on my list of Stupid things to do. Given that Office 2003 on XP was running as fast Daffy Duck on a marathon - what was I thinking when I decided to upgrade to Office 12 on Vista at that. The pointed Fingers are aimed at a certain Felipe
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Talk about real-time info.... Office Server Recruiting Reception Wednesday, June 14, 2006, Building 31 Cafeteria 5-7PM This event is for external candidates and Microsofties.....bring your friends (or their resumes)! Please attend our Recruiting Reception
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Before u read any further - do realise this post is more a reflection with interest and NOT an endorsement, support or remark of any kind. Last week's update when we opened up Vista Beta2 Download came with a usage warning on June 9th that high demand
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Back in March, I had hosted on behalf of Microsoft and the WWESS Recruiting committee (this is was much before the last reorg ofcourse) The Annual Tepper Students @ Microsoft Day and thanx to my extended 2-part blog-hiatus the update is coming now! Oh
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May 31st was the 1st year anniversary of my tenure here at Microsoft. And what was a year and feels like five - there are 10 learnings that I can enlist: Keep your boss happy. Keep your Admins happier. Change is Constant because of Reorgs In the Kingdom
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Vervago's PQA - Precision Questioning and Answering training is an artful application of science to get to the root of complex issues through simple questioning - where the rule is to respond to the unambiguous thoughtful question in a word, number or
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Context: Its a week to "Launch Date" as the entire team here is heads-down burning the midnite flourescent lamps ( what with the oil prices these days ). Along comes this idea of launching with some 'product-group style' fan-fare and having the Ship-It
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A refocus of projects, priorities, expertise and teams happens very often in the corporate world. Microsoft is no different and I realised it was my turn when my boss walked over and said "It's Time". Well it wasnt exacty as dramatic as that, she did
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So my first "Ship" at Microsoft is in 2 wks - hence my relative absence from blogging. In 2 wks - The Microsoft Risk Assessment Program for Security will have been "SKU-ed" and released to the field. Enough of random rambling - on to the topic - my presentation-coach
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Remember my old story of how I started my Microsoft career with the whole networking session in Feb 2005??? Well that event is BACK! Microsoft's Server Marketing BMO Group is having their Silicon Valley Networking Event at our MountainView, CA office.
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Lisa Franklin is one of the few direct-MBA hires (Howard University) at WWESS and on the recuiting committee here. I asked her the following questions: What is your experience like? Was the ramp-up steep or not? Why pick to join Microsoft compared to
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