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I think Microsoft is building me my own patio...I could be wrong

Posted Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:12 AM by HeatherLeigh
Wish I brought my digital camera today. My new office has a nice sunny window (morning sun...my favorite kind) with garbage dumpsters outside (how do you type that sound they make on game shows when you lose....wah-wah-wah-wahhhhhh). Where my office sits Read More...
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Jobster Audiocast

Posted Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:59 AM by HeatherLeigh
Some of you have asked about Jobster. Who better to hear it from than Jason Goldberg, the Chief Jobster, himself? Landed.fm audiocast here (not just for recruiters...this may help people think differently about the importance of networking yourself into Read More...
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Successfully home schooled?

Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:04 PM by HeatherLeigh
Last night, Jon Stewart was talking about home schooling (one word or two, I'm not sure, but I don't doubt that someone with a badge and a dictionary will tell me). Did I mention that I love me some Jon Stewart. I have a fantasy that he develops a new Read More...
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Softball outcome

Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:26 AM by HeatherLeigh
I never gave an update on the outcome of our softball game with MSN. I wanted to share pictures...you know, pictures of HR folks wearing athletic clothes and getting rained on...and I was procrastinating because of the outcome. Well, I have to admit that Read More...
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Forty two dog years accounted for

Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:08 PM by HeatherLeigh
People make a big deal about work anniversaries here. I think it's partly because time passes so quickly and slowly. I still feel new and I feel like I have been here through so much; gotten so much done, changed a lot...changed my hair color. Six years Read More...
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Event announcement: Microsoft Finance Career Event-Redmond, WA

Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:46 AM by HeatherLeigh
Here's the announcement for our invitational finance event (in Redmond). Feel free to contact me if you are interested! _____________________________________________________________________________________________[:)] Microsoft Finance Career Event-Redmond Read More...
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Getting feedback and liking it

Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:28 AM by HeatherLeigh
Signs that you are growing up...buying your first home, deciding that you like your friends better when they stop trying to set you up on dates, doing stuff because it's good for you (shredded wheat, sun block, anything green and leafy...OK, bad example). Read More...
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Email management and lightening speed

Posted Monday, June 27, 2005 4:00 PM by HeatherLeigh
I've learned a new job skill. I may have had it before but it was dormant until I tool on such an externally visible role. It's e-mail management. I was kind of good at it before, but it had more to do with my elaborate network of folders and sub-folders Read More...
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Trailing partners

Posted Monday, June 27, 2005 3:05 PM by HeatherLeigh
In the Staffing space, this is the term we use to describe a spouse or partner of a Microsoft newly relocated hire. And very often, we hire the trailing spouse/partner as well. Or the person we hire is a trailing spouse/partner of someone who works somewhere Read More...
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On my mind...

Posted Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:31 PM by HeatherLeigh
I've been firing on all cylinders lately. Office move + fiscal year end + lots of nice weather (read: yard work)+ trying new things + mentoring our new intern (more about her later...she's fabulous). I naturally have a short attention span (did you already Read More...
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Article: How to use your blog as a networking tool

Posted Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:06 PM by HeatherLeigh
Here. Good info. Via the Social Networking Weblog Read More...
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Marketing in Virtual Earth

Posted Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:22 PM by HeatherLeigh
OK, you know I'm not much of a "rah! rah!" person, but you may have seen some of the work being done by our MapPoint Team on something they are calling Virtual Earth; which I think is totally cool. You can read more about it here at Chandu Thota's blog Read More...
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What's the frequency, um, Kenneth?

Posted Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:30 AM by HeatherLeigh
Last night, I pulled into my driveway and pressed my garage door clicker...nothing. Clicked again, as my next door neighbor watched from his driveway, appearing a little too amused at my frustration. Click, click, click...nada. Stepped out of the car Read More...
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Still doubting that blogs get people hired?

Posted Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:08 AM by HeatherLeigh
Then check out what Ernie has to say here . I met Ernie through his blog and he met Jeff via Jeff's blog. And now Ernie works here. How cool is that? Also, Ernie walks you through is interview day experience (mad props to the interview team, especially Read More...
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Something new and it's very networky

Posted Thursday, June 16, 2005 5:50 PM by HeatherLeigh
Those darn people at Jobster are winning me over. I've been speaking with them for some time, but now they' figured out how to hook me...allowing me to publish jobs on my blog and to give all of you the ability to share my info without having to act as middle person Read More...
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Employment gaps...what to do

Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:44 PM by HeatherLeigh
We've talked a bit about making a career change. A reader contacted me to ask for resume advice and we got onto the topic of gaps in employment and how to address them on a resume. Some of you out there may have worked through the same issue and might have some advice to offer. And recruiters out there can chime in with feedback on how they perceive gaps in employment. Here's the reader's situation... Read More...
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Moving offices again...yes, again!

Posted Monday, June 13, 2005 8:47 PM by HeatherLeigh
OK, don't laugh. I actually asked for it this time. For those of you that asked if we move offices as often as you've heard... here is your answer. Oh yeah, and here . I asked to be moved because my library office has been about as quiet as an amusement Read More...
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Inside "marketing at Microsoft"

Posted Monday, June 13, 2005 6:35 PM by HeatherLeigh
Article here. I've been here for six years and have seen some big changes in how we "do marketing". This is the first article I've seen that really sums up those changes. Flash back to 1999 and everything was about "customer satisfaction". Six years later, Read More...
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A little community participation on the job changing topic

Posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:53 PM by HeatherLeigh
Got an e-mail from one of my blog readers, let's call her M. She was one of the folks I had an e-mail conversation with about changing your career focus. Nice words from M...she appreciates the honestly, I appreciate the frustration of being on the other Read More...
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Podcast coming...topic: recruitment blogging

Posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:32 PM by HeatherLeigh
OMG....is it possible that recruitment blogging is actually a thing...or even a thang? Uh huh, sure is. Well, I've produced my first solo podcast that will be ready for posting on Monday. A little background... First, I told you I was thinking about podcasting Read More...
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Peter Weddle's Advice for Staffing Bloggers

Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:10 PM by HeatherLeigh
Here. OK, so it's a little self-serving. I just met Peter in Las Vegas after speaking on community building at the Kennedy conference. But his newsletter is timely. I am about to produce (and by produce I mean try to get it right without doing a bunch Read More...
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Top Ten Reasons to Blog, According to Sun's Tim Bray

Posted Monday, June 06, 2005 7:34 PM by HeatherLeigh
Here. "Uh, why is the mainstream press so incredibly interested in this people-fired-for-blogging story?...If I were cynical and paranoid, I’d suspect that the media running these stories were frightened of something." Yeah, so they are making it scary. Read More...
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Market looks promising for new college grads

Posted Monday, June 06, 2005 6:29 PM by HeatherLeigh
NPR All Things Considered segment: College Graduates Welcomed by Job Market Back when I graduated from college, we had to write cover letters and print them out at Kinko's and take jobs we didn't like, just to pay the bills (remember the recession in Read More...
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I don't want to be a dream squasher

Posted Monday, June 06, 2005 5:05 PM by HeatherLeigh
This is the hard part of my job. I have to, very often, tell people what they don't want to hear. Well, I don't absolutely have to but I feel like I have to. And I personally have to because I think it's important to be honest with people. So I really Read More...
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Finding Dave...

Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 3:25 PM by HeatherLeigh
Sending good thoughts (and hopefully blogger eyeballs...any readers in Vancouver area?) to Dave Koch and his family . I hope the Dave is found, in good health, very soon. Read More...
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The dreaded “reply all”

Posted Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:59 PM by HeatherLeigh
I love Outlook…I really do. I cannot imagine what it would be like to do my job without it. I’ve developed little tricks (like, when I see something I want to check out and don’t have time, I drop it in a mail, close it and it gets saved in drafts…love Read More...
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Is Seattle as coffee crazy as it seems?

Posted Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:35 PM by HeatherLeigh
This was one of the questions I had when I moved here. I guess Seattle is known for coffee because Starbucks is based here and maybe also because the weather...nothing better in an overcast day than a nice cuppa joe. Now let me say one thing before I Read More...
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Welcome WITI Members

Posted Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:24 PM by HeatherLeigh
I understand my blog address was forwarded to a user group in WITI (Women in Technology International, for those of you that don't know). Thanks to the person that forwarded my blog link. Anyway, just wanted to welcome any visiting WITI members to my Read More...
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Jack Welch at U of Chicago GSB Management Conference

Posted Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:01 PM by HeatherLeigh
Good video of the interview with Jack (and according to him, it's OK for me to call him Jack). He talks about some of the concepts outlines in his book (I know...shocker, but at least the proceeds from the book go to charity) and how he works in general. Read More...
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Quoted in the Wall Street Journal

Posted Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:23 PM by HeatherLeigh
Dang, I forgot to blog this ...or maybe I was subconsciously trying to keep the ego in check (I can't help it...I'm flattered by any media attention, even if it's just an eansy-weansy quote)..thanks to Steve and Steve who sent the reporter my way. I'm Read More...
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Don't be sorry...really, it's OK

Posted Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:06 PM by HeatherLeigh
Almost every e-mail that I get via my blog contains an apology or an acknowledgment that I must receive several e-mails like this and etc., etc. I just want to let you all know that I WANT to hear from you. Seriously, no apology necessary. My job is all Read More...
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