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Jobs Blog — Dec 2009

Dec

09

20 09

The Seattle Seahawks and Bing by Eugenia

So my beloved Seahawks were off to a great start during exhibition but stricken with injuries and what not we now have a 5-7 record. Nevertheless, this season overall has been fun to watch. Peyton and company never cease to amaze me and Farve as a Viking has been interesting–I am beginning to think that experience is way more valuable than pure physical ability. Since I have had more time to watch football this season, I find myself freaking out at game time wondering what channel the game is on, or what a certain team’s record is, or what the score was if I have missed a game. This is where Bing comes in so unbelievably handy for me. I simply type in the team name and find out everything I wanted to know towards the top of the page. Specifically what our record is, how we did last week, what our ranking is, and who we’re playing next and when. The same is true for players. Everything you wanted to know about Kurt (that’s relevant to football!) in one place. Needless to say Bing has saved me time channel surfing–desperately trying to find the game in time for kick off and gives me relevant information without clicking around. So the next time you’re... Read More So my beloved Seahawks were off to a great start during exhibition but stricken with injuries and what not we now have a 5-7 record. Nevertheless, this season overall has been fun to watch. Peyton and company never cease to amaze me and Farve as a Viking has been interesting–I am beginning to think that experience is way more valuable than pure physical ability. Since I have had more time to watch football this season, I find myself freaking out at game time wondering what channel the game is on, or what a certain team’s record is, or what the score was if I have missed a game. This... Read More
Dec

09

20 09

Ethnicity and The Job Hunt by Tameiko

I recently read a disturbing New York Times article on diverse educated folks struggling to find good jobs. While this article specifically addressed Blacks, I bet there are similar stories for other ethnically diverse people as well as women. Are we still in the early 1900's? Who is still allowing these folks to have hiring authority and how come they have not yet retired??? I thought (or was hoping) we were further along. Granted I do not wear rose colored glasses and I knew much of this was going on, and now after reading the story, you know too. There were so many positive stories to overshadow some of the prejudice, I guess I got caught up in the wave. Nonetheless to my dismay the article stated some educated job seekers are so desperate some are removing diversity affiliations from their resumes. How will those of us who are seeking diverse people find you? Please know this, Bing as well as the rest of Microsoft IS looking for you...And I bet we are not alone. To the ethnic job seeker, keep those keywords on your resume (or re-add them). Jamie Morgan recently blogged about having diversity related keywords on resumes. Remember, if you have to be somebody else to get an interview... Read More I recently read a disturbing New York Times article on diverse educated folks struggling to find good jobs. While this article specifically addressed Blacks, I bet there are similar stories for other ethnically diverse people as well as women. Are we still in the early 1900's? Who is still allowing these folks to have hiring authority and how come they have not yet retired??? I thought (or was hoping) we were further along. Granted I do not wear rose colored glasses and I knew much of this was going on, and now after reading the story, you know too. There were so many positive stories to... Read More
Dec

07

20 09

Overused Words That Make Your Resume Suck...

I’ve used a few choice words in my life. You probably have too? However, when the wrong words appear on your resume, it sucks and could be damaging to your next career move. These suckie words are not of the four-letter variety. These words are very common. They are accepted. They cover the average resume with buzz worthy words badness. Hiring managers can identify sucky words in seconds, leaving your resume work worthless. So how do you write a wicked resume without the suck? How do you turn the wrong words into right? To help you land the job interview, here’s how to spin the 6 sucky resume words into skills that sizzle. 1. Responsible For I frown when I read “Responsible For” on a resume. Of course you’re responsible for something. But, how many? How long? Who? What? When? Rather than waste the hiring manager’s time reading a vague list of responsibilities, be specific and back up your cited skills and accomplishments. Employers want the best that explains your accomplishments. Be specific to get the point across quickly. Prove you have the skills to get hired. The resume that avoids vague “responsibilities” and sticks to facts... Read More I’ve used a few choice words in my life. You probably have too? However, when the wrong words appear on your resume, it sucks and could be damaging to your next career move. These suckie words are not of the four-letter variety. These words are very common. They are accepted. They cover the average resume with buzz worthy words badness. Hiring managers can identify sucky words in seconds, leaving your resume work worthless. So how do you write a wicked resume without the suck? How do you turn the wrong words into right? To help you land the job interview, here’s how to spin the 6 sucky... Read More
Dec

04

20 09

Studying Up by Jenna

Want an inside secret? Everyone wants to study for their upcoming interviews, but with all the information out there, what do you choose? In a meeting today with the executive leadership at Bing, they were discussing all of the online learning options. And one (very-senior-not-to-be-named) executive raved about the machine learning series from Stanford professor Andrew Ng. And it seems that for free, and in a variety of formats, you can view his Stanford lecture series on Machine Learning. http://see.stanford.edu/see/lecturelist.aspx?coll=348ca38a-3a6d-4052-937d-cb017338d7b1 . Maybe you want to view it on YouTube, or maybe you want to download it into your iPhone or Zune… and you can, with any of the links provided here. In fact, Stanford’s engineering department provides a lot of free online course materials, complete with tutorials and exams. For anyone interested in bettering their skills to brush up for an interview, look no further: http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx Read More Want an inside secret? Everyone wants to study for their upcoming interviews, but with all the information out there, what do you choose? In a meeting today with the executive leadership at Bing, they were discussing all of the online learning options. And one (very-senior-not-to-be-named) executive raved about the machine learning series from Stanford professor Andrew Ng. And it seems that for free, and in a variety of formats, you can view his Stanford lecture series on Machine Learning. http://see.stanford.edu/see/lecturelist.aspx?coll=348ca38a-3a6d-4052-937d-cb017338d7b1 . Maybe... Read More
Dec

03

20 09

What Does Online Advertising Mean? Depends...

Before we open a new req at Microsoft, the recruiter sits down with the hiring manager and discusses the role, the business problem to be solved and where we might find this person. (Shocking, game changing, inside information I know, but bear with me… ). The reason I bring this up though, is that in my Advertising R&D -Development org, the problems we’re trying to solve have very little to do with the domain of Online Advertising. Since the launch of Bing we’ve seen steady growth in our search share and tons of positive feedback on the features and user experience. This is all goodness, but frankly, none of Bing’s accomplishments matter if we can’t monetize them. This is where the Ad Platform comes in. Now that we’ve redrawn the search battlefield , we have to do deliver a “just as compelling” Ad Platform to take advantage of all these new eyeballs! In order to do that, the big three areas we’re focused on in Ads R&D are: Scalability, Operability and Performance. Problems that are typically associated with large, online, distributed platform development more so than Click Through Rates, Search Engine Optimization... Read More Before we open a new req at Microsoft, the recruiter sits down with the hiring manager and discusses the role, the business problem to be solved and where we might find this person. (Shocking, game changing, inside information I know, but bear with me… ). The reason I bring this up though, is that in my Advertising R&D -Development org, the problems we’re trying to solve have very little to do with the domain of Online Advertising. Since the launch of Bing we’ve seen steady growth in our search share and tons of positive feedback on the features and user experience... Read More
Dec

02

20 09

"Impacting The Next Bing" by...

Today we launched the Fall Release of Bing. We have some exciting new mapping features and are further enabling users to make decisions about things in everyday life with Bing. As a user of Bing, this is of course, great news. But think about it from this perspective – imagine being a member of the Bing team. One of the things almost all my candidates tell me they want is impact and quick product lifecycles. Bing is providing that for its employees. We announced Bing in May, it went fully online in June, we have had several Bing 2.0 features released since then and now we are doing a huge fall release. How does the Bing timeline grab you? Do you want to know what’s coming next? Stay tuned to the Bing Community and Behind Bing . Do you want to impact future releases? Let me know. Read More Today we launched the Fall Release of Bing. We have some exciting new mapping features and are further enabling users to make decisions about things in everyday life with Bing. As a user of Bing, this is of course, great news. But think about it from this perspective – imagine being a member of the Bing team. One of the things almost all my candidates tell me they want is impact and quick product lifecycles. Bing is providing that for its employees. We announced Bing in May, it went fully online in June, we have had several Bing 2.0 features released since then and now we are doing a huge... Read More
Dec

01

20 09

I’m (Subliminally) Thankful for BING by...

One last Thanksgiving thought: Thanksgiving is the appointed time for focusing on the good in our BING lives. In each of our days, we can find small BING thoughts, but too often we overlook them, choosing instead to spend our BING time paying attention to BING problems. We give our BING energy to those who cause us search troubles instead of those who bring BING peace. Starting now, let’s be on the lookout for the bits of pleasure in each BING hour, and appreciate the BING people who bring BING love and BING joy to everyone who is excited to know BING. BING on Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for you Happy Thanksgiving! Read More One last Thanksgiving thought: Thanksgiving is the appointed time for focusing on the good in our BING lives. In each of our days, we can find small BING thoughts, but too often we overlook them, choosing instead to spend our BING time paying attention to BING problems. We give our BING energy to those who cause us search troubles instead of those who bring BING peace. Starting now, let’s be on the lookout for the bits of pleasure in each BING hour, and appreciate the BING people who bring BING love and BING joy to everyone who is excited to know BING. BING on Thanksgiving, I’m... Read More