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Exploring the fine line between clever and stupid. Heather Hamilton is a Staffing Manager and Microsoft Employee Evangelist.
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How does a blog become the blob that ate your life? And what the heck do you do at those blogger conferences anyway?
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over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
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A former co-worker contacted me today and asked me how I blogged so much while recruiting, doing analysis, etc., etc (hey, HK). Interesting question and I've been wondering the same thing about a lot of other bloggers. For me, my job has changed (more...
One Louder
eWeek article about the PeopleSoft/Oracle merger that quotes me
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
2
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See it here ...I didn't even know it was out there since it links back to comments I made on David Sohigian's weblog.
One Louder
Silicon Valley Event: Crossing the Divide between Engineering and Marketing
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over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
2
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The Silicon Valley PMA is having a presentation on effectively partnering with engineering to successfully develop products. Registration is required and it may be a good opportunity for some local (to the valley) folks to check out the SVPMA. They put...
One Louder
Love/Hate Brand Scores
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over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
6
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From Jennifer at "What's Your Brand Mantra ": she created a passion index based on the search results returned from "I hate <brand?>". Not scientific. She admits she's just procrastinating. I don't agree with the sentiment that any PR is good PR...
One Louder
Best Business Blogs by Bomen...I mean Women.
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over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
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Fast Company wants to know the Best Female Business Bloggers . Most of the blogs I read are authored by men, but that's certainly just due to the fact that more men blog in general, I think. Anyway, I'd be interested in knowing about great female business...
One Louder
Apprentice Episode 4: What Happens if we Fire Them All?
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over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
24
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OK, this recap is tough for me because I really dislike almost all of them at this point and I hated this episode. I need to keep reminding myself that the producers are pushing my buttons. But this one was bad...the people that already bugged me, bugged...
One Louder
Online degrees...are they worth it? What about MBAs in general?
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over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
21
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I've been asked this question before. Here's the MSN article on the subject . I agree that online degrees from well-known schools (the article cites Stanford), are a good bet since the curriculum is usually the same as the regular class-room based program...
One Louder
Link purge...what I thought looked interesting
Posted
over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
2
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I need to get a better blog reading strategy. I've been reading blogs in my little bits of spare time during they day. Those are becoming fewer and farther between. I keep saving posts in bloglines thinking that I will come back to them and blog about...
One Louder
USC Names Gaming's First Endowed Chair
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over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
4
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Huge props to my alma mater on this one. Fight on!
One Louder
Streets and Trips, my mom's favorite Microsoft product
Posted
over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
12
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Only blogging about this because my mom (who is in sales) is such an enthusiastic fan of Streets and Trips. Here's a review in USA Today. Every time a new version comes out, I have to buy it for her and a bunch of her co-workers (separate copies of course...
One Louder
Recruiters: want to be part of your clients business? Involve them in yours.
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
8
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This is kind of uncharted territory here and I am really excited to see how this goes. We are doing some work to understand our key target candidates in marketing. Not just titles and the names of companies that they might work at. We are trying to develop...
One Louder
Apprentice Fantasy Game Stats: Week 3
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over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
11
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Oopsie...I meant to post this earlier. Not that it matters that much because those of you playing know where you stand. But I thought I should give JimmyM his props and drop it like it's hot (OK, I have no idea what that means but check me out! I'm down...
One Louder
Here's my radio interview on the Apprentice
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
8
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Last week, I did an Internet radio interview with Dawn Fotopulos of Landed.fm. ("On-Demand Internet Radio - The Voice of Career Success"). This is my first radio interview and it was lots of fun. I'll be doing more with Dawn and Peter in the future. I...
One Louder
The Apprentice Episode 3: Who drinks that stuff anyway (my title, not theirs)?
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
15
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Danny and guitar. He likes Verna. He likes to save people...he's too compassionate for his own good (hey, don't blast me yet...you'll see). He tries to pull together a "support group" for Verna which pretty much ticks off everyone. Verna decides she's...
One Louder
The Apprentice: Episode 2...Hotels
Posted
over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
3
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So I'm a little behind on recapping. Took a little time out of the office and have had some changes to my work here so I've been a distracted. Sorry. I'll recap Episode 2, then 3 in a separate post. Also, I'll try to give a little less of a play-by-play...
One Louder
Feng Shui Underpants Ward off Evil Spirits
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over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
5
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I'm not making it up! Look here . I guess if you are having a problem with evil spirits (or maybe even blog spammers), you'll try just about anything. According to a spokeswoman for the manufacturer, "If you have a dragon on your underpants, you will...
One Louder
If you are thinking of looking at job boards...look now
Posted
over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
10
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I'm not one for watching Money Ball...oops, I mean the Superbowl. Although the commercials can be good for some fun water cooler talk. Never thought I would use my Tivo to fast forward through the game to the commercials, but that is what I will be doing...
One Louder
Article: Microsoft worker wants to be Trump's Apprentice
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
3
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CNET article that mentions Microsoft blogger support for Verna, including this here blog ; )
One Louder
What a Technical Evangelist looks like (kind of like a bird...kind of like an elephant?)
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
3
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Jeff Sandquists's bird/elephant analogy throws things off a bit (um, gross Jeff), but over on his blog, he shares a job description for an open Technical Evangelist (TE or phonetically, Tee Eee...whee!) role reporting to Jeff himself . TE roles have always...
One Louder
Apprentice Fantasy Game Stats
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
15
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Wow..that was pretty intense last night, huh? I could almost smell the hotel rooms through the TV...yuck. So here's quick update on our Apprentice Fantasy Game. I thought I would report on the top 5 contenders. Then we can chat about how they made their...
One Louder
Testing your Internet Visibility
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
19
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Way, way back, when I first started blogging (last year), I mentioned the importance of being visible on the Internet (so recruiters can find you, etc.). Business 2.0 has come out with a People Search function that lets you enter first and last name and...
One Louder
Cool Morale Event
Posted
over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
11
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Sometimes when I think about the concept of a "morale event" I think it's an oxymoron (just sometimes). Maybe because my first experience with the concept was a "forced hike" ....oops, I mean hiking excursion (no offense if one of the event planners happens...
One Louder
Wanna blow your own mind?
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
9
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Via Frogblog , the Flash Mind Reader . Carson has it figured out...I'm still a little freaked.
One Louder
How to write your resume (or a section of your resume) from scratch
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
HeatherLeigh
17
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You've already seen lots of resume hints and tips here. But isn't the hard thing about resume actually starting...from a very intimidating blank page? It's like that adage about how to eat an elephant (one bite at a time..and who doesn't want to eat an...
One Louder
Google blog sleeps with the fishes
Posted
over 7 years ago
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HeatherLeigh
11
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Over on BL Ochman's blog, she discusses the "disappearing" of a blog by a critical Google employee (full disclosure...he used to work at MS and I don't know him). I guess I'm not surprised if he's in trouble (justified or not...I'm not debating that in...
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