With all the stir this week about the Bing/Facebook/Twitter announcement at Web 2.0, most people don’t know that Qi Lu (President of the Online Services Group) also spent his time in the Bay Area meeting with students from Berkeley and Stanford. Qi chatted with a group of about 150 students, and then headed to dinner with many of them. You might think that in a company of this size that Qi doesn’t spend time on the little stuff, but...
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Why care about diversity? Is it just another overused corporate buzzword? When it comes to developing global products, all of a sudden diversity is pretty important, yes? Most companies realize the importance of having its employees reflect the population it serves and Bing is no exception. And when you are essentially serving the world, it seems reasonable your employee base should be quite diverse. How is this accomplished?  By hiring males...
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A recent visitor to my LinkedIn page asked me if Microsoft was really hiring at the moment or if we were just collecting resumes for future roles.   I responded YES we are hiring! We here in the Bing Staffing groups are very active and have a ton of roles to fill! The success of the Bing launch has been tremendous and our software engineers, program managers and test engineers are hard at work adding features and improving the experience. ...
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Does anyone have any faith in Microsoft anymore? Everywhere you go you hear about how much people despise Microsoft for buying the next company that is failing. Everywhere you go you hear about how the company is doing another layoff.  Microsoft has been deemed the bad guy of the software world for years. It is literally Microsoft vs. the Universe, and Microsoft still has the upper hand, right? Some education for those who are not a fan of...
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Hi!  I’m Kay!  I’m a seasoned researcher and  social media strategist; creative, strategic and passionate with 11+ years of exceptional experience. Knowledgeable of web 2.0 technologies and social media platforms. Proven aptitude identifying opportunities, implementing solutions, and increasing visibility through video, blogs and social networks. Experience with international teams and diversity initiatives...
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I focus on Microsoft Advertising technologies, providing Software Engineers, Database Developers and Service Operations professionals to build and manage web services running at the largest scale possible. I’ve been recruiting for 12+ years, working on various startups around the Puget Sound and Bay Area and Microsoft is the opposite of everything I’ve ever built… …Except of course it isn’t! Since joining in October...
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Hi, I am Jamie Morgan.  I am the Staffing Lead for the Candidate Generation team in the Online Division.  My team and I find talent for Bing and other great groups.    I have been with the Search team for 5 years, but 7 years ago I had a dream that Bill Gates interviewed me and offered me a job.  I don’t think I am psychic, but I do think I am in my dream job.  I have worked at some big name companies but I...
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