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Single Technology Company Seeks

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:23 AM by HeatherLeigh
same with IP and smart tech leaders. Article on how Microsoft engaged acquisition target companies . It's a little fluffy article, but talks about the importance of the people involved in any acquisition. Read More...
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Because the numbers don't lie

Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:19 PM by HeatherLeigh
Pow! And also, Shazam! Read More...
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TheLadders and Marketing and Finance Jobs at Microsoft

Posted Tuesday, December 06, 2005 7:01 PM by HeatherLeigh
TheLadders says "Find $100k + Jobs at TheLadders". They advertise less fluff, more six-figure jobs. For the job seeker, not wanting to wade through the a bazillion telemarketing positions when they really want a Brand Director role, this is a find. Pick 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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Experiment: do finance people care about blogs?

Posted Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:24 PM by HeatherLeigh
Our Finance Networking Event is tomorrow (big, deep breath) and I was thinking about how, if I go into a room of marketers or recruiters, someone talks to me about blogging...always. I'm just wondering if that is going to happen tomorrow. Hey, I know Read More...
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Watch me as I navigate...

Posted Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 AM by HeatherLeigh
...our career site . I know this is one of the biggest hassles for the active job seeker. Sometimes it seems so complicated that you are looking for the quick out ("can't I just send you my resume...do I have to do all this?"). Because us recruiting folk Read More...
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Real Microsoft People in Marketing

Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:52 AM by HeatherLeigh
I've said before that I don't think Microsoft uses it's own employees enough in it's advertising, especially it's recruitment advertising. We know the value of humanizing a brand through blogging (and the fact that some people are surprised that someone Read More...
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Working an event

Posted Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:41 PM by HeatherLeigh
Here's my previous post called "Putting your best foot forward at a Networking Event". I'm starting to send out some invitations to the local finance event that we are holding in a few weeks. If you have sent me your resume but haven't heard back, don't 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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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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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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Types of people we look for in marketing and finance

Posted Monday, March 21, 2005 2:11 PM by HeatherLeigh
Lately, I've been doing a lot of work to help further define what we are looking for in the marketing and finance spaces. Specifically, I'm working to define the "big buckets" of candidates we try to attract, not the kinds of roles that we hire them into. Read More...
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Changing Role of the CFO

Posted Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:46 AM by HeatherLeigh
Strategy+Business Article on the change in the role of CFO...from head bean counter to business partner of the CEO. I suspect that the role had to evolve since technology is so heavily leveraged in finance operations. It's almost Darwinian. via BusinessPundit Read More...
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