I started working at Microsoft in May 2010 and these past few months have already been a very rewarding experience. As part of the Bing design team I have been involved in a wide variety of projects for the web, mobile phones and other devices such as xBox and the iPad. I get to use my design skills to solve interesting challenges that will improve the search experience for millions of users. Another great thing about working at Microsoft is...
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  1.     Be Real This is the first and foremost principle of advancing your blog karma. Being real involves not falsifying who you are, being transparent about who you are, and what you believe, and, most of all, sharing an honest voice.  Humans trust others that have an authentic voice.     2.     Respond Yes, tough as it is, when you have a high volume of unsolicited emails someone...
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This is part 3 of 3 on what you know know about writing and having a job-related blog or website.  Part 1 is located here.  Part 2 is located here. Smart BloggingBusinessWeek has information on how to blog safely and how to blog without getting fired.  The suggestions include blogging anonymously, making your blog not searchable, limiting who can read your blog, and, when employed, focusing your blog on limited topics which...
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This is part 2 of 3 on what you know know about writing and having a job-related blog or website.  Part 1 is located here. Privacy Issues Should potential employers be reading your personal information? Probably not. However, if you put it on the Internet with it readily accessible, well then they can and they might. Some people list their personal web site or blog on their resume and most of us recruiters will look you up on any of...
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This is part 1 of 3 on what you know know about writing and having a job-related blog or website. Getting Started Employees have been fired when their employer views their blog posts as sharing confidential information, making inappropriate comments about the company, or both. Posting company news, pictures, and even making positive comments about a company have cost bloggers their jobs.  When considering writing a blog, before writing ...
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I’m going to generalize a little bit on behalf of my fellow teammates, but one of the reasons a lot of people get into technical recruiting is a passion for being NEAR technology. Many of us can do a passable job of communicating high level technical concepts, but very few of us know HOW to code at all.   A case in point: None of us here at BingJobs had any clue that the comments section of this very blog was broken/disabled/not...
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Are you curious about blogging? Have a concept or idea? Do you have an opinion and you want to express or share knowledge that can be helpful? Here are a few things to know about blogging. How many bloggers are there? The thing to remember is that a blog is just a tool or to some a portal. There’s really nothing special about it, no requirements for any particular capabilities for one to start a blog. A common feel is use it like a diary...
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