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Even like a recruiter for the provider,Windows 7 Code, I often find the Microsoft Careers internet site doesn't meet my needs. Yesterday, I discussed some content requests with the website manager, and I;m pleased to announce you;ll see richer information in the coming months. Many of you have written to Zoë and me and requested increased functionality such as ability to track your status, indicate disinterest in certain roles, and subscribe to RSS feeds for hot jobs. Those requests fall on the Applicant Tracking System side of our Careers web page, and while we hear the desire for these features, we also have a whole other truck load of fish to fry before we begin reeling in new fish. Please hang in there with us. Here;s an overview of some things I;ll have input in updating. If you have any additional feedback on these features, let me know! Meet Our People - The Meet Our People page introduces job seekers to Microsoft employees as well as providing some insight into campus life. Reviewing the web page, you might notice the people profiled (especially in the technical area) have some lofty jobs. Of the thirty-one people listed, only three fall into the category of what I would call “core technical roles” (development, test, and program management), and all work in a leadership capacity (lead or manager). Not only are these profiles not representative of the bulk of hiring we do, but I fear it perpetuates the misconception that experienced software engineers can expect leadership positions if hired into Microsoft. Let;s take Jonathan, for example. Per his profile,microsoft Office 2010 Serial, Jonathan is a Program Manager Management (or a Group Program Manager <GPM> for all you in the real-world) with Xbox. I just did a quick pull on our Careers site, and we have 30 Program Manager Management openings as compared to 294 Program Manager openings. What;s more is that the GPM is a very senior and experienced position, and we generally hire within for these openings. If you read his profile, even Jonathan says he has been with Microsoft for 10 years. I highly doubt he was hired externally into his Group Program Manager role. (Correction: I just re-read that entry on the web page, and Jonathan does not actually say he's been with MS for 10 years so I'm probably wrong here - but still you get my drift.) Additionally, I fear listing these leadership roles on our Careers site spreads the belief that our individual contributor roles are entry level positions. If you visit our College site, you;ll discover profiles and biographies for Software Development Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test, Software Test Engineer, and Program Manager positions. This web page offers a great overview of the roles, and in fact, I sometimes see other Microsoft bloggers link to this website when explaining what they do at the corporation. Does the fact that our entry-level web page highlights individual contributor employees while our experienced website highlights product group leaders lead you to believe one type of role is more valued or knowledgeable than the other? It shouldn;t, but it might. We hire very experienced people into individual contributor roles. “Individual contributor” does not equate “entry-level.” In fact,Office Professional 2010 Key, you;ll quite often discover individual contributors earning higher compensation than those in leadership roles. Not managing the work of others certainly doesn;t make an individual contributor a less valuable employee. We are a technology company so we rely on highly skilled, technical people to create our products, and plus, the management opportunities just aren;t as vast as other the individual opportunities. When I spoke with the web-site manager,Office Professional 2007, she told me her team is releasing updated profiles soon. While these new profiles include the addition of two Software Development Engineers (yay!), she also assured me her team would look at profiling additional individual contributors in the future. Rock on! Thanks! (By the way, if you are an individual contributor SDE, SDET, STE, or PM, have been with the enterprise for >2 years, and (preferably) had a career before Microsoft AND want to be profiled in the future, shoot me an e-mail, and I;ll pass your name along.) Career Paths – The technical Career Paths section briefly describes various technical disciplines and provides a high-level overview of roles. The web site manager and her team will be looking at beefing up this page, so I;m really excited by the prospect of increased content. As it stands now, I feel like the information provided is sparse and incomplete, and I;m happy to hear they;ll be expanding it. In fact, I hope they can make it so rich and informative that it can fill the individual contributor void on the Meet Our People page. My team;s web page – Ok, this page doesn;t exist yet, but it will. In fact, I;m defining the content right now. My team consists of recruiters like Zoë and me who do not recruit for any particular product group but are instead tasked with outreach efforts, sourcing/finding candidates, and matching the right candidate to the right job. As I;ve said before, Zoë and I recruit for the core technical roles (development, test, and program management), but we also have recruiters on our team who work with security, design, and usability disciplines as well. The web page I;m creating will be a central hub to learn about the efforts of my team. Potential content will include: a link to applicable career paths, interview tips, upcoming events, link to the jobsblog, and methods of applying to ensure a team member considers your resume. Given that this page will be mostly static and bare bones (and is not meant to duplicate or replace information already on the Careers web site), is there any additional information you;d like to see? If you have any input about my team;s page or the content provided on the Careers page, please let me know, and I;ll pass it along. Again,Windows 7 Code, I can;t affect functionality, but I can help ensure richer and more useful content to better help you understand roles at Microsoft. As always … Your friendly neighborhood recruiter, gretchen