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VLADIMIR JUHAS – CONSULTANT
Fresh young talents at Microsoft event in Slovakia Last week I had the opportunity to go to another great event – Innovation & Creativity Camp. This is a part of Microsoft Citizenship program, which covers lots of important and very interesting activities focused on helping community surrounding our company. Activities are ranging from technology innovations [...]
LAURA O’CONNOR; MACH Associate Consultant
Hello, I’m Laura O’Connor, a MACH Associate Consultant. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about my application to Microsoft is that I am not from a technical background. I did English at Oxford, which meant that my application was, to me, a hopelessly optimistic shot-in-the-dark. However, Microsoft value more than just tech skills; in fact, what [...]
LUKE BAILEY, MACH Associate Consultant
At the moment I am quite jet lagged having just returned from 12 days of intense training at HQ in Redmond – something all new consultants like me go through called MSSU. I’m also writing this on my brand new Surface and yesterday ordered a Nokia 920 Windows 8 phone. Sound appealing? Well this level [...]
GEMMA BARKER, MACH Customer Engagement & Events
Hi, I’m Gemma – a new MACH at Microsoft. I went to the University of Bath and studied Economics. Microsoft is fantastic for taking on people with many different degree disciplines. I am now in a Marketing role, something far removed from the day-to-day learning during my Economics degree. Applying to Microsoft was one of [...]
Graduate application deadline – 30 November 2012
Today marks two weeks to the deadline for applications for Microsoft’s graduate recruitment program – the MACH scheme. MACH stands for Microsoft Academy of College Hires and the UK accepts around 40 MACH hires every year. These 40 bright sparks are earmarked to rise through the company quickly and are expected to do great things [...]
POOJA PATEL, MACH Technical Account Manager
Hi Everyone! My name is Pooja and I’m a new employee at Microsoft. I joined Microsoft on the MACH (Microsoft Academy for College Hires) scheme as a Technical Account Manager (TAM) in September 2012. Before starting at Microsoft I studied Computer Science and Management Studies at the University of Nottingham. After university I realised I [...]
HELENA WILTON, Account Executive MACH
My Background Hey everyone! So a bit about me: I’m originally from Bournemouth and graduated from Cardiff Uni this July where I studied Economics and Management, I absolutely loved Uni life, and after my 3 years were up I was gutted to leave, but somehow my new London life and Microsoft beats it in so [...]
NICK HEDDERMAN, Windows Phone Product Marketing
I joined Microsoft in 2005 as an intern, working in the MSN team. After a matter of weeks, I knew Microsoft was the right place for my career. I was given numerous opportunities to prove myself, managing projects that grew in terms of size and importance over the twelve month placement. It was an easy [...]
STEVE SHARPE: Solution Sales Professional
My background Hello! So, a bit about me. I’m from south-east London (or saaf-eest Landan) and I went to the University of Exeter where I studied Law. During that time I had an exchange-year in a place called Maastricht, in the Netherlands (so close to the Belgian and German borders that I used to jog [...]
A Year On: Rachel Varley, Sales MACH
Wow, how time flies… I have now been here over a year and as I continue my role I am watching all the new MACH Grads walk through the doors and begin their journeys in Microsoft. It’s amazing to think a year ago I walked into a careers fair in Manchester University confronted with so [...]