Looking for a Program Manager (or the like) role at Microsoft but can’t break the through the normal channels of applying on their website. Have over 15 years of relevant program/project management experience, mostly IT and/or cyber. Targeted resume to multiple roles but zero calls. And ideas on what else to do?

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Reach out to anyone that you know who works at Microsoft, and build a relationship that makes them comfortable giving you a genuine referral, even better if they are willing to reach out to the hiring manager on your behalf. Microsoft is I highly sought-after company, and will have as many candidates for a given role as any company, don't let the lack of progress deter you from looking elsewhere to expand your career, it's purely a numbers game without some serious differentiation, and not at all an indication of any sort of failure. I'm ex-MS, and many people I've worked with said that it took years of trying to get on board, most with very direct experience with the team/role that they landed in.

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