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A study in customer service or lack thereof

Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:22 PM by HeatherLeigh
Subtitle: JobFox has a customer service manager? I am not a vindictive person, despite being ignored. But I have 2 reasons to go down the path of documenting my disappointment in JobFox's lack of response when I tell them that they are spamming me: First, Read More...
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You can't make this stuff up. You just can't.

Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:20 AM by HeatherLeigh
From Kevin Turner's speech, referencing our "Laptop Hunter" ads, at our Worldwide Partner Conference: And so we've been running these PC value ads. Just giving people saying, hey, what are you looking to spend? "Oh, I'm looking to spend less than $1,000." Read More...
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The secret ingredient in Pepsi is happy. Shhhh.

Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:47 AM by HeatherLeigh
I flew into Dallas on Tuesday and yesterday gave a presentation at PepsiCo's Talent Acquisition Meeting. It was one of those presentations where I've been talking for 5 minutes and then I get the signal that I only have 5 minutes left and I have no idea Read More...
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Obama likes us....he really, really likes us.

Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:49 PM by HeatherLeigh
And his comedy routine could use a little work. Perhaps he is a little busy with other things? Read More...
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The state of the economy and what I get paid to do

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:12 PM by HeatherLeigh
So aside from my personal annoyance with the news reports about the economy (I have some very specific things I want to do with my money once the stock market rebounds), you may wonder if the economy has any impact on the world of Heather (or HeatherLeigh Read More...
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Back from my "staycation"

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:03 PM by HeatherLeigh
I took last week to chill-out (as much as is possible for me) and I admit spending a lot of time on the couch including one full day watch a marathon of the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (don't just....it's a vacation!). I also admit to getting a little Read More...
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So what is my actual job, you ask?

Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 9:28 AM by HeatherLeigh
This is one of the things I like about Microsoft. It pretty much changes every year. No opportunity for stagnation around here! This year, I am going to learn a ton and do a little travel. So as you may know, my role last year involved 2 things/teams: Read More...
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What happens in Cambridge (whether or not it really stays in Cambridge)

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:14 AM by HeatherLeigh
Here's a good explanation of the kind of work that is taking place in our Boston Concept Develop Center. It's always frustrating for a recruiter when there is an awesome pool of talent, geographically, and you don't have local opportunities for them. Read More...
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Marketing Hiring Event in Austin

Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:06 AM by HeatherLeigh
A bunch of Microsoft recruiters and hiring managers from across the comnpany are flying down to the Lone Star State (yeehaw!) to meet with folks interested in working for Microsoft. The backgrounds they are interested in are: Product Management Product Read More...
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"Career Woman"

Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:49 AM by HeatherLeigh
I guess I can't call myself "career girl" (anymore). Is that a ticking sound I hear in my head? Oh, never mind. Here's a short interview I did recently with Career Woman, Inc. Read More...
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I'm encouraging you to complain about our careers site. This is not a trick.

Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:30 PM by HeatherLeigh
I'm helping out our HR IT team. They are developing our new careers sites (for US and international) and I meet with them every so often to talk about specs. We sat together this morning to talk about search and I mentioned that I had been contacted in Read More...
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I love it when these guys talk about me.

Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:27 AM by HeatherLeigh
The conversation about whether to have a resume was taken up by Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz recently on their popular podcast For Immediate Release . They discuss Seth Godin's perspective as a potential future state versus the reality of here and now. Read More...
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Would you wear it?

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:59 AM by HeatherLeigh
I probably wouldn't recommend wearing this to a job interview. Maybe if you are a college student. There are more at Blackbird Tees . I like the non-job-related ones. Not so sure that the others will do more than get attention, but not necessarily from Read More...
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Sorry, folks, you still need a resume

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 9:57 AM by HeatherLeigh
Seth Godin says: I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all. Unfortunately, I think Seth is leading people astray. I could count on one hand the people that I would hire without a resume. Read More...
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An Analysis of Social Networking Sites

Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 1:07 PM by HeatherLeigh
I know a large number of "experts" (and also experts) have done analysis on social networking sites. One of my team members is doing an analysis for recruiting. Right now, he's planning on looking into LinkedIn, Orkut, MySpace, Facebook and Xing. I know Read More...
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