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We don't list subcontractors in our list. You can verify the list of direct (Tier 1) vendors of Microsoft right here. When you get an email or call from a recruiter telling you they have a contractor job at Microsoft, ask if the recruiter works for the direct vendor, and not a subcontracting agency or implementation partner to the Tier 1 company. Giving your personal details to an unknown offshore agency increases your risk for identity fraud as many of these offshore agencies have poor security. These are recruiters in offshore recruiting call-centers and their only advantage is they know who the direct vendor and the recruiter is. Avoid SubContracting Agencies: Subcontracting agencies are Tier 2 agencies that find and submit candidates from job boards to the Direct (Tier 1) vendors of Microsoft for a referral fee. Find recruiters on the recruiter tab of OnContracting or on Linkedin Lookup the approved staffing or consulting vendor companies on thier pages here and you can see what jobs they have open Create an attractive profile of yourself on OnContracting Post your resume on job boards like Monster and Dice and put your zip code as 98052 so recruiters know you are local. Microsoft has one of the biggest and most diverse opportunities for contract gigs in the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond WA area. Some of the managed services consulting companies are HCL, Accenture, TCS, Chinasoft for technical positions- Filter, Aquent for creative positions, etc Contractors like these contracts because they didn't need to worry about taking a 6 month break after 18 months. Lots of Managers prefer these because they can retain the contractors for longer periods. Negative- These contracts only last upto 18 months and you then need to take a 6 month break from Microsoft Managed Services Contracts or ConsultantsĬontracts are structured as deliverables so they were not subject to the 6 month breaks in temp agency work and could work for multiple years on the same project. Once you are selected for a temp position, you can start within 3-4 days of getting offer vs 2-3 weeks for a managed services project which involve a lot of paperwork, statement of work approvals, PO creation, account creation, etc. Roles are easier to find because they are distributed to multiple agencies who all go out looking for candidates, whereas managed services positions are meant for 1-2 consulting companies- mainly offshore or a few local companies that aren't so well known and don't advertise these positions as openly as the temp agencies. Roles have a broader variety including software design engineer (dev) roles which are rare in managed services contracts which tend to be large maintenance or other keep the lights on projects Rates are typically higher than managed services rates because of the higher competition among agencies to get candidates to work for them.Ī good contractor may get calls from 3-4 agencies on the same day for the same job opening the day the position is released on the VMS system. Some of the temp staffing agencies at Microsoft are Volt, Collabera, Aditi, Compucom, Kelly services, TekSystemsĪdvantages of working with Temp Staffing contracts There is a select list of temp staffing agencies for Microsoft for each category of workers so you need to be aware which agencies staff which kind of roles. 2 Types of Contract Jobs at Microsoft Temp staffing agencies Microsoft Corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products and services.
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