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My friend Anne Manhart talks about MBA recruiting at Microsoft

Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 12:14 PM by HeatherLeigh
Here . Businessweek wants your money if you want to see the full article. I know at least one of you is going to look at Anne's picture and ask if everyone at Microsoft is good looking ; ) Not as pretty as Anne (she's going to kill me). Hee! Read More...
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Honeywell Blog AImed at Young Job Candidates

Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:03 PM by HeatherLeigh
Workforce Management Article that quotes me . I'm still getting a kick out of being quoted. Indulge me ; ) Will be interesting to follow the Honeywell blog and see how it is received by college age candidates. Read More...
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Blogging 101, literally

Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:59 PM by HeatherLeigh
They are actually teachng it in school (this is a class at Pitt). Read More...
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A Little Jim Makes for Good Ratings. Too Much Jim is Much, Much Too Much

Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:17 PM by HeatherLeigh
More Apprentice "fun". Yeah, it's sarcasm...like you expected subtlety here...hah! Previously on TAMS: M invited the contestants and introduced her cohorts, unlit cigar man and very stern daughter person. The teams split so Primarius could kick some creative Read More...
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The Shining...the feel-good movie of the year

Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:07 PM by HeatherLeigh
Want to feel a little manipulated by advertising? Come on , I know that you do. via Lindsayism Read More...
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You want to talk about what is new and innovative in recruiting?

Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:07 PM by HeatherLeigh
This is. Studio Smackdown 2....sounds like fun, huh? From the folks at Aquent (with a little support from Adobe), motion graphics designers battle a' la The Apprentice and you get to vote online. You can review participant bios and portfolios online (and Read More...
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Martin Taylor on why we reorged

Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:41 PM by HeatherLeigh
Here, via Computerworld . Seven P&Ls still exist as P&Ls, rolling up into 3 business groups for better collaboration. Make sense? I know, you're disappointed that it's not all about google, right? Read More...
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Subvert from Within

Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 3:05 PM by HeatherLeigh
Wow! What I thought was being grouchy with people that don't care about candidate experience actually has a name now, thanks to Kathy Sierra. Kathy recently blogged Subvert from Within: a User-focused Employee Guide . All I can say is "amen sister" and Read More...
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This season of The Apprentice could be the longest ten years of my life

Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:38 PM by HeatherLeigh
Or it might just feel like ten years. For those of you that are new here, I'll be recapping "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart"...it's what I do; it's expected of me (right, Julie?). It's painful but sometime a petit syrah dulls the pain just enough to make Read More...
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I'm staying too, John

Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:03 PM by HeatherLeigh
John Porcaro on the BusinessWeek article. Could not have said it better myself. Read More...
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Overselling

Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:40 PM by HeatherLeigh
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Wow! Microsoft is 26,000 pounds lighter!

Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:33 AM by HeatherLeigh
Here's an article on the weight-management benefits we offer here . Our offering is a little different than what most other companies offer because it's designed for people that have a BMI of over 30 and/or medical conditions related to being overweight. Read More...
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Best Positions to Post on Blogs: Technical Evangelist

Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 5:50 PM by HeatherLeigh
I've developed this opinion over the last year or so: blogs are actually a good place to post Technical Evangelist positions (Developer Evangelist, IT Pro Evangelist, Academic Evangelist, etc.). Reason(s) being: 1) lots of Microsoft evangelists blog so Read More...
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Microsoft Reorg

Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 5:32 PM by HeatherLeigh
Well, you may have already heard by now about our reorg announcement today . As of now, I don't think I'll be affected directly since I don't sit in a business division, but have to say that a little change makes things interesting. Though I couldn't Read More...
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Fax number included why?

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 6:52 PM by HeatherLeigh
I can't remember the last time I received a resume by fax (OK, I'll admit that I started recruiting when you only received resumes in person or by fax and that meant that slightly yellow-tinged curly paper..man am I feeling old). The only things I send Read More...
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Meet our new Bus Dev Executive...Napoleon Dynamite

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 5:01 PM by HeatherLeigh
And give him all your 'tots (video). The video quality stinks...like the camera jiggles when the guy laughs, but hopefully I can link to a better copy when I find it. Read More...
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Recruiting Professionals Helping Katrina Impacted Residents

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 10:23 AM by HeatherLeigh
My buddy Gerry Crispin is doing a tour of the South with some recruiters in a Winnebago (great image, huh?) to help people impacted by Katrina. The great thing about Gerry is he looks at how his HR industry expertise can be used to assist people and he Read More...
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Awww, Pradeep blogged about meeting with me today

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:26 PM by HeatherLeigh
He was impressed by my mini-bar ; ) For after core work hours of course! Read More...
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Honesty in Recruiting: Corporate Asset or Quaint Throwaway?

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:26 AM by HeatherLeigh
I wrote an article (linked here with a discussion section and in full text below) that is published today on the Electronic Recruiting Exchange (for those not in recruiting, it's a portal for those of us that are with articles, discussion groups, blogs Read More...
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Answering Tricky Interview Questions

Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:58 PM by HeatherLeigh
Article by Kate Lorenz on MSN (article not related to Microsoft recruiting directly). This article in right on the money. I have been telling people for years "Anticipate interview questions. Write them down. Practice answering". Thinking back to my interviews Read More...
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Oh yay! Blogging is old enough to have Folklore!

Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:05 PM by HeatherLeigh
Happy birthday Kryptonite! Read More...
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Networking and Altruism

Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:33 PM by HeatherLeigh
Dana vanden Heuvel posted today about The Virtual Handshake and altruism . He makes some great points. Simply, the more you give, the more you get (and if you don't get sometimes, that's OK too). Sounds like "duh!" but not so considering the context (networking). Read More...
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Getting to Know the Seattle Area

Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:22 PM by HeatherLeigh
My co-worker, Shelly, sent out a list of websites to familiarize potential candidates with the Seattle area. I thought "hey, potential candidates read my blog!" Of course I added to the document because someone thought of including hiking but not shopping Read More...
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Siebel/Oracle Jitters Getting You Down? Feel Free to Get in Touch!

Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:06 PM by HeatherLeigh
CNET: Siebel/Oracle Workers Express Merger Jitters One Siebel employee: "I am not an engineer and am not a sales guy. I probably will be working somewhere else" E-mail me at Heather.Hamilton@microsoft.com . Yes we have positions open in functions across Read More...
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Is it true, Donald?

Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 10:21 AM by HeatherLeigh
You were as unhappy with the quality of last years Apprentice contestants as I was? And that Bill Gates is going to appear on an episode of this season's The Apprentice? It gets curiouser and curiouser. Makes me wonder what the challenge will be. Please Read More...
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What's your employment brand? Ask someone. Ask Steve Ballmer.

Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:53 PM by HeatherLeigh
We had our annual marketing symposium yesterday and Steve Ballmer spoke. He took questions at the end and someone asked what gets him excited to come to work every day. My first thought was "nice softball question", but his answer really made me think Read More...
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Read between the lines

Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:35 PM by HeatherLeigh
I thought this was funny . There's a lesson in there for sure. via David Manaster Read More...
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Hire by blog again

Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:07 PM by HeatherLeigh
Initially, blogging was a candidate engagement and employment branding tool. Now I am figuring out how to use blogs to connect candidates with hiring managers here. Bloggers like to be in the know and like to be connectors and when you consider that some Read More...
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Oh Happy Day...un-doing the wrong that was done to me 6/28/1999

Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:19 PM by HeatherLeigh
We don't get to pick our e-mail addresses here. When a new employee joins, the e-mail alias is chosen for them (my friend Ann swears she didn't pick mine, but...). Anyway, someone (not Ann) somewhere (not Ann's office) decided that I needed to be heathham@microsoft.com Read More...
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Microsoft's Linux/Open Source Lab

Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:27 PM by HeatherLeigh
Here's some info about our Linux/Open Source Lab . Why? In a nutshell, interop. Bill made a big splash at Linuxworld recently. Call me shameless but his team is hiring ; ) Seriously, if anyone wants me to get their resume in front of Bill's team, I'd Read More...
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U can save it 4 the chat room

Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:17 PM by HeatherLeigh
On MSN, Martha Brockenbrough asks: "Does IM Make U Dum?" I've received e-mail resume submissions from people where I swear I was hearing from Prince (hey some of you are my age and know what I'm talking about, right?). As Martha explains, the appropriateness Read More...
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I'm not not thinking about Katrina

Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:38 AM by HeatherLeigh
When I started this blog, I thought hard about what I wouldn't blog about. Specifically, religion, politics and my personal life (family, dating, etc). I'm an opinionated person as anyone who knows me (or reads this blog) is aware. So I've been keeping Read More...
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How to date a blogger

Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:22 AM by HeatherLeigh
In his article, Ten Simple Rules for Dating a Blogger , Pete Blackshaw explains how to court a blogger...professionally. The article is written like a how-to for dating but what we are talking about is getting the attention of bloggers, building relationships, Read More...
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Peter Fifka, International Man of Mystery

Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 2:08 PM by HeatherLeigh
WSJ article on Peter Fifka and Microsoft's efforts to nab the bad guys. What a cool job to have. Before any wanna-be secret agents ask...no, I do not recruit for this group. Read More...
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