CALLING FEMALE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENTS!

Microsoft Ireland’s European Development Centre is dedicated to hiring the best and brightest young talent to join our Graduate Programme in 2010 and look forward to all candidates applying for our programme in 2009.  Our research tells us that there is a very limited number of Females in Computer Science/Computer Engineering courses so this year we're hosting "Techie Girls" event to help us attract more Females into our programme.

When: 18th November 12-5 PM
Where: Microsoft European Development Centre (Maps & Details to be send upon RSVP)
How to sign up: Please RSVP by the 11th of November at gradjobs@microsoft.com (100 places available based on first to RSVP)
What: This event will give you an opportunity to meet with some of our technical women, leaders and recent female graduates. We’ll also be presenting an overview of our Graduate Recruitment process and a tour of our facilities to show you why we’re the Best Workplace in Ireland. Lunch and Starbucks Coffee is on us!

To find out more about our graduate openings and what it’s really like to be a Graduate at Microsoft go to: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/careers/graduate

 

We were thrilled recently to attend a career event at a local college in Dublin. There has been an increased interest in Graduate roles in Microsoft this year which is great - and even as the tables were being set up there was a buzz in the air as the Computer Science soon-to-be graduates started strolling through the aisles. A handful of our more recent Graduate Hires gave students real life stories of starting their career and how it was going! Their demonstrations on the cool products they work on, relaxed work environment, and career mobility gave potential future hires even more insight in Microsoft as their first possible career move.

 

Our recruiting team has been busy for the last few months attending career events at colleges accross Europe. In fact, this was the last Graduate event for us before the end of our application deadline of December 5th.....but then that application is just the beginning......following that there is an on-line Technical apptitude test, followed by an assessment centre day and final round interviews here at the Dublin campus. For all who are applying stay tuned here over the coming weeks, for some further tips and tricks on how to navigate that process from some of our recent hires.....

 

For more information on the Graduate Program please check out our portal here: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/careers/graduate/default.mspx

 

So our Graduate and Intern hiring is under way with applications and queries flowing in at present truly keeping us all busy! We have also recently "renovated" our Graduate and Intern portal, with some really interesting profiles, and details of the different opportunities available, as well as guidelines on how to apply. So check the following link out, so you don't miss out http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/careers/graduate/default.mspx

 

Best of luck

MS Ireland Recruitment Team

 

Earlier this month, Team Acid Rain from NUI Maynooth won second prize and $10,000 (€6,382) in the Embedded Development category of Imagine Cup in Paris. This is a really great story of 3 students who developed a kit to convert any diesel car to run on any type of vegetable oil. They then hopped into a converted car and drove to Paris to prove their point! Minus one or two minor hiccups (car suspension issue I believe) all arrived safely, and picked up the no 2 spot in the competition, placing in the top 3 of over 3,000 original entries. The talet that these students posess is fantastic - would't it be great to bottle......

 

Big congratulations to all of the finalists - check out Acid Rain's own Blog following their road to fame ...... and a really nice "snap-video" of their tour below.

 

 

A big congratulations to IT Sligo, who were the overall Irish Imagine Cup winning team at last Thursday's competion with their innovative entry: PARK IT. Their system focussed on CO2 emissions. The team comprising of Kieran Stafford, Vladimir Mabhena and Chrisitna Luminea built a real-time parking system that films car parks, sending the data of vacant parking spaces to a central database that is then pushed out via a mobile text/sat-nav to drivers. In essence, it's aim is to reduce the congestion and pollution of cars needlessly driving around looking for somewhere to park. The bottom line on this savvy creation, is that is prevents unnecessary circulation trips, where a driver goes around and around looking for parking (all sounds way too familiar) This system is flexible enough to work anywhere from a car-park to a street or even a field! It can also be used for all types of vehicles eg. boat in a harbour. IT Sligo will soon be bound for France for the finals of the competition, so fingers crossed that they are sucessful all the way.

 

Also in our other 8 online competitions for Imagine cup 2008, a team from NUI Maynooth Acid Rain are through to the last 200 in round 2 of the embedded development challenge and there are 6 teams (3 from University Ulster Coleraine, 2 from IT Sligo and 1 from Dublin IT) through to the last 100 of the Games development challenge.

 

Best of luck to all - and congrats to all of the finalists - the entries were truly inspirational, and a great example of the Technical Talent coming through our colleges here.

 

The Recruitment Team