Guest Blogger Sarah - Merry Christmas

Wednesday, 30th December 2009 0 Comments

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Now I’m enjoying a well earned break over Christmas (working makes you really appreciate the holidays by the way!) I thought I’d let you know what I’ve been up to.

As it’s been party season, funnily enough we have had a fair few parties. I’ve had a couple of nights out with my team and we had a night out in London on a river boat down the Thames for our intern party, then onto a club. It was great to see nearly everyone, as there are 70 interns here and we don’t always get the chance to see everyone!

Microsoft also laid on a Christmas lunch for everyone which was great fun. Unfortunately the snow got the better of us last week and meant the office was snowed in. Luckily we are all equipped to work from home with laptops and headsets so nobody had to go in!

So the past month I have been involved in some extra activities outside my job role to support the recruitment process. We are in the making of a new video to showcase what life is like at Microsoft for an intern and graduate so I have been busy filming all sorts of people across the business. I’m also helping out an open day we are holding in the New Year to talk to potential candidates; it’s scary to think that was me a year ago!

Back to the day job and I’ve been helping to plan X48 for students, a 48 hour code-athon for keen gamers to come along and build a game in 48 hours in teams at University. I’m involved in planning the event (with the help of others) as well as the PR side of the event to raise the profile and awareness.

I’m also working on the Imagine Cup Finals which is the worlds premier student technology competition, to invite the final UK teams who have entered the competition and choose the winner who will compete in the World Wide finals in Poland. This is amongst other jobs I do regularly each month, including the newsletters, so the new year will be a busy one!

Take Care,

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