Types of people we look for in marketing and finance

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Jimmie — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:08:50 GMT

I would like know what training you may need to get this job beside a MBA?

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Heather — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:02:00 GMT

Pageman-My responsibility is for headquarters and US subsidiary. Our overseas subsidiaries each have their own HR/staffing departments. So unfortunately, I'm not clear onthe specific roles they are working on. I can tell you that the recruiting teams in these offices actively review resumes that are submitted against specific jobs. So if you apply via the international page off of our carrers site, someone would definitely review your resume.

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The pageman — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:40:00 GMT

does this system work for southeast asia/central asia/middle east recruitments as well?
regards,
paul

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Dan — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:37:00 GMT

Thanks folks you have been a great help.

Mark - yes if you could refer me to a company / or refer me a company / or if you had a specific company in mind? just let me know.

Heather - Thanks for the offer.

Your advice is really useful. I could use more of it.

Regards,

Dan
___danishmb@hotmail.com___

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Heather — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:40:00 GMT

Carla-I can't really speak for those other people (or for Gretchen). If you were to give them your resume, they could forward it to any recruiter they know to get it into the system. They could also enter it at an employee referral website. What I believe Gretchen was referring to is recruiters going out and soliciting referrals from employees. There's no protocol violation there. Just good recruiting.

Most Microsoft employees probably wouldn't offer to help unless they knew you were looking though or expressed some interest in working at Microsoft. Sometimes you pretty much have to come out and ask them to refer you or just send them your resume. As far as the a,b and c, you mention here, you should probably take that up with the individuals that said it. Maybe they don't know you well enough to refer you? You might want to ask them.

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CarlaC — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:23:00 GMT

Heather, in one of Gretchen's post [Technical Recruiting Blog] she wrote:

<<We often launch targeted employee referral campaigns. We find our employees are the best recruiters out there. Not only are they good at identifying great talent but they also know how to create buzz around our opportunities.>>

This comment caught me by surprise! Of the dozen or more people I know that work at Microsoft, none have ever expressed that referral opportunity, even when I've asked for "networking" advice. More so, they indicate that a) they know nothing about recruiting in field x which is outside of their group/technology, (b) they wouldn't know who to refer you to and (c) everyone has to adhere to the same protocol/process (ie: It's not allowed).

Could you elaborate on how to channel such referrals? Thanks!

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Heather — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:51:00 GMT

Biz wizz-the person that posted that is not a Microsoft employee as far as I can tell. And you are right, we don't publish salaries and there's not such thing as a set bonus about so it's just erroneous. Thanks for bringing this to my attention though. I am going to check into it.

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Biz_wizz@hotmail.com — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:46:00 GMT

I am wondering why this position at Microsoft included a salary? In my experience, this is not the way you guys operate, and highly unusual...Is this an incorrect posting?

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?SiteID=cbdetshr&Job_DID=J8F23T6H6M47Q90NXP0&cbsid=4e4ee4306c39415bb9c2fad4b1ef7253%2D164821574%2Dtk%2D1

Base Pay: $95,000.00 - $105,000.00/Year
Bonus: $12,000.00

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Heather — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:05:00 GMT

Mark-interesting perspective! That just shows me how much I have to learn to get ramped back up on the finance world! (Dan, if I was you, I'd also send your resume to Mark or at least get a contact name at this company he is referring to).

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Mark Mullin — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:04:00 GMT

oh boy oh boy - can I take a shot at Dan's question ????!!!

CAPITALIZATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS!!!

Right now, companies often capitalize new development costs and expense all changes to production systems because of the complexities in this area - a finance guy who could help separate capital from expense in ongoing revisions of production systems is worth their weight in gold. A masters in CS and a finance MBA would make you highly qualified in this area. Right now, companies often abandon investments in existing systems due to these complexities.

Heather, one of my sometime clients is an F500 company that's one of msft's leading enterprise accounts (one of the first into .net in a big way) I know they have this problem, and I've seen it bite em. Such a skill available on consulting basis would most likely be a big interest to them. Contact me if you want their name, that alone should give you everything else you need.