Experience has announced a partnership with Microsoft that directly connects job seekers with thousands of IT jobs. The project is known as the Microsoft Students to Business (S2B) community. The deal enables Microsoft’s community of 10,000 partner companies to post jobs or internships on the Experience network to find Microsoft certified personnel to match technology workforce needs.
Entry-level candidates, recent college graduates and college students can now visit one site for relevant IT job openings and internships with Microsoft partner companies. Unlike other job search engines, the Microsoft S2B site is comprehensive and housed within the Experience Network, giving Microsoft partners unparalleled access to technically-focused students, alumni and universities.
The site also enables users to leverage Experience’s personalized guidance capabilities based on candidates’ interests, skills and career levels; a web-based career portfolio designed for students and alumni to showcase skills and talents beyond the typical resume; online professional networking and mentoring; and relevant insight into career paths and industries.
Microsoft makes my head hurt a little. Fortunately, Sheila Gulati, general manager of Developer and Platform Evangelism for Microsoft, sums this deal up best, saying, “Microsoft is committed to addressing the IT labor shortage, and one of our measures is to help entry-level job seekers acquire relevant skills.
“By partnering with Experience, a company that brings deep connections within the university community, we are building this Microsoft S2B portal to assist our partner companies in finding the Microsoft certified IT talent they need.”
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March 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Joel – you are too much with the sassy title to this post…! We are so excited to be working with the MSFT S2B team – their mission to help their 600,000 partners recruit and launch the careers of students all around the world is really thrilling. It was also a great win for our team as we bested the world’s biggest job sites to earn the opportunity to support S2B and their partners. More proof that all the best companies want students with experience ;) ;) ;)