[Shacs] Fwd: Texas/Microsoft Offsite Hiring Session - Sept 25th - Sept 28th!!!! GET READY!!

[Peter Cooper]

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> From: "Janelle Godfrey" <jgodfrey at microsoft.com>
> Date: August 8, 2006 2:45:45 PM CDT
> Subject: Texas/Microsoft Offsite Hiring Session - Sept 25th - Sept  
> 28th!!!! GET READY!!
>
> Hello Again!!
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> I have some exciting news regarding another offsite event that I am  
> planning for Texas schools only, and only a select few Texas  
> schools I might add!
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> As you know I have been the Texas recruiter for Microsoft since  
> last year and am extremely excited to work with you all again. I  
> wanted to let you know that we have FINALIZED a date for the next  
> Texas/Microsoft recruiting offsite, which last spring resulted in  
> hiring 20 candidates from 7 different schools!!!!
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> Microsoft will be coming to Texas the week of September 25 –  
> September 28th and will be holding interviews at the Dallas Forth  
> Worth Hyatt Regency at the DFW Airport.
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> During this time we will be interviewing 40-50 FT candidates and  
> making offers onsite! What this will entail is us posting a  
> position online at your career services office that has an  
> interview date associated with it (final interviews being held the  
> week of the 25th).
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> To reach our goal of interviewing 40-50 students during the final  
> week in September for FT positions myself and my team will need to  
> phone interview over 140 students prior to setting up this  
> interview. This is where I will really need to support of the  
> career services department, as well as professors and alumni. I  
> need the message to be sent out to the students that this isn't a  
> typical job posting, there will be interviews associated with it...  
> but not in the traditional sense.  We will not have the schedule  
> ready for at least a week AFTER we have screened all the  
> candidates. The screens will take 20-30 minutes and will be  
> scheduled as the resumes of qualified students arrive to my email.  
> Once the students have been screened and are good to go, we will  
> move forward scheduling the interview loop with them- it should  
> take 4 -5 hours and we will have numerous days and times available  
> for them to start during that week.
>
> LET YOUR STUDENTS KNOW THEY CAN APPLY NOW AND SEND THEIR RESUMES TO  
> jgodfrey at microsoft.com. I would like all resumes to be sent to my  
> attention (or posted in my account) and we can go from there!! The  
> sooner the better though as I would love to get those eager  
> students a chance to interview asap. I am aware that school hasn’t  
> started yet but I wanted to pass this info on now, as I am ready  
> for the interviews to begin.  Once we have decided on the top 40-50  
> candidates we will be bringing a team of interviewers down that  
> will be conducting full interview loops onsite for SDE and SDET  
> Positions. We will be equipped to make offers from this trip and no  
> waiting or flying back to Redmond, WA will be necessary.
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> JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL.
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> Due to the popularity of this event last spring we are looking to  
> do between 2-3 of these over the course of the next 9 months. This  
> first offsite is only open to FT candidates, and we are in talks to  
> have one specifically for interns in the Fall.
>
> I will also be reaching out to you regarding specific events at  
> your school, as I am currently setting up attendance for all career  
> fairs, company presentations, etc.
>
> Please post this to your students, faculty, professors, career  
> center, etc for computer science, IT, and Engineering students as I  
> am ready to start conducting interviews.
>
> I hope that you and yours students are as excited as I am about  
> this great opportunity for your students andto continue to build a  
> strong relationship with your school for years to come.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Janelle Godfrey
> Technical Recruiter
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