Guest Blogger Sarah - January @ Microsoft

Monday, 8th February 2010 2 Comments

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It’s been a busy month for me in January, besides the usual work at Microsoft I was lucky enough to be invited to the RateMyPlacement awards in Oxford which was a great afternoon of networking and awards. I didn’t win but now I know what I need to do to win next time around!

Microsoft won the best internship employer based on reviews and it’s not hard to see why when I’ve been given as much responsibility as I have. I’ve also appeared in the Sunday times to showcase the great opportunities there are at Microsoft for Interns and grads which was fantastic to be chosen to represent Microsoft. I did get a lot of funny comments from my team about my family!

I’ve also been helping out to make a video to give an even better insight into what it’s like to work at Microsoft; you can see the video here. The past 6 months feel like they have flown by and now I only have another 6 left, and it’s nearly time to start recruiting for the new me – it doesn’t feel like yesterday since I was being interviewed.

So now I’m getting really into my role it’s nearly time to leave, but not before I leave a few more marks. I’ve been working on planning and organising the Imagine Cup Student event at Microsoft to make it a fantastic day for the competitors. It’s also getting very close to X48 which is 48 hours of hard core coding to create a working game in less than 48 hours – a challenge I am told, but I don’t hold a deep technical understanding. Instead I deal with the marketing and PR of the event to ensure it is a great event and also it generates some positive stories in the press.

I’m also lucky enough here at Microsoft to have great access to training to give my CV that edge we all want. I’ve got to make the most of the next 6 months, so I’ve been doing a marketing course from the Kellogg School of Marketing, as well as more practical exams such as Excel, Word etc. I’m also doing a copywriting course to improve writing skills so that my CV will be jam packed with experience. Ah well, back to revision!

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