Microsoft’s Extreme Recruiting Makeover
(Room Venetian Ballroom A & B)
12 Oct 17
11:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Microsoft’s iconic brand is recognized around the globe for its innovation and progressive corporate culture that empowers employees to unlock their full potential. But by 2014 it was obvious to Microsoft that it had outgrown its homegrown HR practices, largely due to tremendous organizational growth. To become a strategic asset for the company’s transformation and compete for top tech talent, Microsoft’s approach to HR was ripe for an extreme makeover. The company realigned its corporate strategy to meet the evolving needs of its stakeholders, and implemented several cultural and technological changes that required rethinking many of its HR strategies. One of the first steps was finding new technology that could scale with Microsoft’s worldwide reach, and a “next generation” platform to excite its talent market. Learn how Microsoft took a unique engineering approach to finding the right providers that met its very specific criteria. From creating personas and user journeys that mimicked a day in the life of key HR professionals, to gathering a council of consultants, IT and subject matter experts, Microsoft evaluated its HR practices as they were and mapped out a plan for its future vision and an HR technology strategy that would support its goals.