Microsoft Corporation Human Resources

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This paper discusses Microsoft Corporation, which is a global leader in the development and marketing of consumer, personal productivity, small business and enterprise software applications. It specifically discusses the role of Microsoft Corporation's human resources department, particularly their strategic priority of recruiting and growing exceptional intellectual talent.

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Human Resources at Microsoft

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"Microsoft Corporation is a global leader in the development and marketing of consumer, personal productivity, small business and enterprise software applications and employs 71,000 professionals worldwide. The company focuses on the development, manufacturing, and support of a very wide variety of devices for computing. The company's core business is its personal productivity applications including Microsoft Office. In addition, the continued growth of distributed computing environments, business solutions applications and platforms, software development tools and server-based operating systems, the company has the most diverse software product portfolio in the industry. In addition to these specific businesses the company also entered the gaming market with the Xbox video game console and games, in addition to already having a line of PC games and PC peripherals. Microsoft has also made several investments in online initiatives including their own extensive website and online applications area called MSN, and the move into Software-as-a-Service applications in their OnDemand initiative in their business solutions area. Microsoft also spends more on Research and Development of new technologies than any other software company in existence."

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