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Women in IT: Happy Mother’s Day to the thousands of working moms at Microsoft
Today we’d like to celebrate all of the mothers at Microsoft – women throughout the company who strike the delicate balance of being a rockstar at work AND on the homefront. Check out our snapshot of Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Display Advertising Experiences, Anshu Khurana. Later today, look for some shorter profiles of working moms at Microsoft on our social media.Anshu, have you learned any lessons from your children that serve you well at work?
Patience. With two kids under age 5, I am now a more patient person. With kids you have to stop, listen, and explain the tiniest of details. You can incorporate that quality into your personality, and it shows at work. Also, being a mom, I am more compassionate and empathetic. So if other folks around me are going through personal stuff and need space, I find that I am more sympathetic.Jobs in IT: passion, process & positive stress at Microsoft Silicon Valley
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Sean Turner started to intern at Intel during high school. By the time that he headed to USC for a degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Sean already had more insight into life and career in Silicon Valley than many mid-career professionals.As Sean neared college graduation, he decided to explore other corners of the Valley and chose to intern at Microsoft Silicon Valley (MSV). He says, "I wasn't sure where I wanted to work in the longer-run, but I was interested in creating tools to help other devs excel and Microsoft seemed like the place to go."
Of the 800 or so annual interns at Microsoft, a handful of them are located at MSV. Upon arrival on campus, Sean instantly became part of a tight-knit group. He reminisces, "We were all good friends. We were inseparable and even took trips together on the weekends."
Dear JobsBlog: Top Three Reasons to Work for Bing
Dear JobsBlog: I am about to graduate and I plan to work in search. As a recruiter, could you please tell me why I should consider Bing over the traditional, obvious choice of Google?
-Miner of Data
Dear MOD:
If you want to work on state of the art search – whether it’s image, video, relevance, shopping or more – and you want to apply creative and innovative parts of yourself to your work, Bing is the clear choice. We have made search beautiful and useful.We have also taken the time to listen to our customers and incorporate video, images, shopping, travel, information and shortcuts into our search engine results over the years. Something the ‘ten blue links’ didn’t have.
Let me give you a bit more detail… here are my “Top Three Reasons to Work for Bing.”
Women in IT: Challenging the status quo
Today, I’m excited to kick off our Women in IT series. I’m sitting down with Juliana Gomez to learn a little bit about why she chose to join Microsoft and why she has been here for six years.Check out the video below if you’d like to see Juliana share about her Microsoft experience in person. Following this first interview, look for future stories where Juliana talks about why she decided to enter IT and her three tips for women for women to achieve success.
Introducing our "Women in IT" Series
Does the tech industry have enough women in its workforce? What about in leadership positions? According to the data, the answer is "no."Women make up half of the U.S. workforce but represent only 25 percent of the technology industry. These numbers drop significantly when you look at women in senior management and C-level positions. The President of IDG sees hope for women, as he explains in this recent article in CIO magazine: What Will It Take to Get More Women Execs in IT? And the author of another article, Women in Technology Face an Uphill Battle in Inc. magazine, proposes a couple good solutions.
I propose we give girls female role models they can look up to! Role models who can share why they chose this field, how they’ve achieved success and leadership positions and what they do to maintain personal balance in a constantly changing industry. Thankfully, I work with women who inspire me every day! So, as I mentioned in the article about the Sit with Me campaign, I am writing a series of stories about women in IT roles.