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November 2006 - Posts

Job search with Jobster - What do you think?

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:35 AM by JobsBlog
By Janelle Godfrey What is Jobster? Would you use it? Is it cool? I wanted to put in a quick call out this week for Jobster , a job-search tool that you may or may not have heard of already. Jobster has been around for a couple of years and is a local Read More...
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On the Road Again...

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:38 PM by JobsBlog
By Priya Priyadarshini It's been fun re-connecting with many of our new hires from overseas, and I'll be posting some more interviews in the coming weeks so you can meet more of the great new faces on the Redmond team. My colleagues and I are making plans Read More...
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Vacation Time

Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:14 AM by JobsBlog
I’m headed off for some early season snowboarding in Colorado and I’m happy to say I’m not taking my laptop with me. I have loads of vacation time, in fact I have so much that I could leave work today and not come back until after Christmas (which by Read More...
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The Value of Career Advancement

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:25 PM by JobsBlog
By Janelle Godfrey Now that the recruiting season is starting up again and students are eagerly awaiting their employment offers full of money, stocks, perks and relocation, there is one thing that many people forget - working at a company that values Read More...
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Meet Mian Fahim: From Pakistan to Seattle

Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:17 PM by JobsBlog
By: Priya Priyadarshini Long time no activity on the blog. People might be thinking that I left, but that’s not it. Just coping with the onset of Seattle winter weather – have you read the news about the crazy rain and flooding we’ve had? – and working Read More...
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mtvU's Quad Squad takes on Windows Live Search

Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:45 PM by JobsBlog
By: Monique Douglas, Guest JobsBlogger-in-Residence Hi, my name is Monique, and I'm a Global Staffing Manager for the Online Services Group - consider me a "guest" JobsBlogger-in-Residence! I wanted to point you to a cool challenge on mtvU's Quad Squad Read More...
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MiniMSFT on hiring

Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:28 AM by JobsBlog
I’m sure many readers know of MiniMSFT ; the anonymous (and now famous) Microsoft employee who provides a public forum for the whining and valid complaining about all the shortcomings of Microsoft. So this week when Mini decided to take on the issue of Read More...
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I hate my recruiter

Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 8:18 AM by JobsBlog
Well, you all asked for it in the comments of my last “I love my recruiter” post, so it’s only fair that I allow an open dialogue on “why I hate my recruiter”. For all of you bursting to tell your story, here is your chance: we can have one big group Read More...
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Office Live highlights in the New York Times

Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 1:47 PM by JobsBlog
By Eric Stutzman I have to tell you that I love recruiting. And within the Microsoft Business Division (MBD) I am afforded the opportunity to recruit for some of the best managers and development teams in the business. Not to even mention the cool products Read More...
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Can you find Rob's dog...again?

Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:38 AM by JobsBlog
A year or so ago Rob "Big Mac" McIntosh (The Man!) posed a deceptively easy question to the masses of recruiters, sourcers and general public . "What is the name of my dog?" To find the answer, one had to scour the internet for carefully laid out clues Read More...
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