Bing Blogs - 132

When I was first contacted by a corporate recruiter on professional network/career website, the first thing I thought was:  is this a joke…construction contract management at Microsoft?  When I learned that Microsoft is heavily involved in constructing and operating data centers domestically and worldwide, I was hooked.    With my educational background (Juris Doctor & Masters in Business Administration with an...
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By: AshleyJ Webster defines “new blood” as persons who are accepted into a group or organization and are expected to provide fresh ideas and vitality. Those are pretty high expectations; but I’m up for the challenge as I finish up my second week as a recruiter in Global Foundation Services. I’m actually not quite a newbie to Microsoft – I joined the organization in February 2010 in the HR Trax Program, a rotational...
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Why Microsoft?   Prior to joining Microsoft in July of 2010, I had done 3 tours of duty for other Silicon Valley companies.  I first came down during the dotcom gold rush working for @Home Networks, which later became Excite@Home.  I then moved to eBay which was still seeing massive growth.  We expanded globally and acquired several companies such as PayPal.   I then spent a short period of time at Yahoo!   ...
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This Sunday (8/28), the music establishment will descend upon LA for the MTV Music Video Awards.  Whether you’re tuning in to watch Adele take home a Moon Man, Beyonce dazzle on stage or Pitbull spit rhymes, this year’s VMAs are set to impress.  Keep your eye on the “Best New Artist” category showcasing the best emerging talent- artists who have shot from relative obscurity to stardom in the course of a year...
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The MTV Music Video Awards are this Sunday and we can’t wait. Will Lady Gaga wear a meat dress? Will someone borrow the microphone? And above all else, who will take home the MTV Moon Man for “Video of the Year”? We want to know what you think. Today (August 25th), we’ll be tweeting out questions from the @Bing handle highlighting the five nominees. Tweet who you think will win along with the hashtag #bingVMAs. We will...
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Since rejoining the Bing Maps team, I’ve been heads down focusing on the developer experience for Bing Maps. What is WPF? The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides developers with a unified programming model for building rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.
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The most frustrating thing as a recruiter is to bring in a qualified candidate that does a poor job conveying his or her interest in Microsoft.  I often hear from hiring managers, “this candidate doesn’t know anything about our business” or “the candidate didn’t seem very interested in the role.”  Often candidates get so caught up in selling their qualification and abilities that they forget to convey...
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Christina Koehn is a UX Designer for Bing. Her team’s mission is to create a beautiful, usable and memorable experience for Bing. They also strive to be one step ahead of the competition in the search space, and create innovative design solutions that go above and beyond the traditional paradigms of search engines. Christina’s role on the team is to design and drive implementation of visual systems across Bing. Christina commented that...
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Today we’re happy to announce the release of the “We’re In” app for Windows Phone.  We’re In makes organizing get- together’s, carpooling and trying to find people in a crowd a breeze. Any time you want to see where your friends are—We’re In can help you. It’s simple, invite your friends, and when they join, they’ll see your location and you’ll see theirs. When the invite...
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In June, we talked about how the future living room will do more than give you great entertainment; it will help you find what you’re looking for and help you decide what to enjoy. To that end, we previewed a new way for people to find movies, games, music and other entertainment: voice search with Bing on Xbox. Today on the Microsoft Blog, Frank Shaw expands on this notion highlighting how products and services like Xbox, Kinect and Bing...
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