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November 2004 - Posts

Is .jobs the staffing domain of the future?

Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:47 PM by HeatherLeigh
Gerry Crispin has been talking about this for a little while...glad he posted it to his blog. There's a movement underway to create a .jobs (that's "dot jobs") web domain for corporate career sites. Aside from the implications for candidates (so much Read More...
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Resumes without addresses and why this is a problem

Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:27 PM by HeatherLeigh
Lately, I've been noticing that more people are omitting their address or other contact info from their resume (OK, grammar police...take it easy). I think that because we live in a world where much of the job search process is done on line, many people Read More...
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Hyperion giving employees $5K toward purchase of green car

Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:18 PM by HeatherLeigh
Interesting tactic that could be good for recruiting/retention . I assume that many of their employees and/or recruiting targets are pretty environmentally focused (we've got a pretty environmentally aware group of employees here as well...some day, I'll Read More...
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Getting back into the swing...

Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:36 AM by HeatherLeigh
Aside from adjusting to my normal routine after my trip to New York, I am just getting over a nasty cold. Yeah, last Thursday, I was giving thanks for Tylenol Sinus and Gatorade. Some people can blog when they are sick (let's just say they are sick sick Read More...
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This is what happens when you are sick of the sound of your own voice...search engine poetry

Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:57 PM by HeatherLeigh
Way too much talking for me lately. I remember feeling this way after going to job fairs (back when I used to do that). I just don't want to hear the sound of my own voice right now...at least the sound of my voice talking about recruiting...I'll be better Read More...
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Airline food for purchase by Delta...not bad

Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 12:08 PM by HeatherLeigh
Now that the airlines are struggling to remain profitable, many of them have cut-back or eliminated the food service we had all come to know and um, deal with (rubber chickens should be part of comedy sketches, not human's diets). The first iteration Read More...
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I'm a marketer...I'm a recruiter...no, I'm a girl with purple hair

Posted Friday, November 19, 2004 7:40 PM by HeatherLeigh
I think my hair is purple. Would you tell me the truth if I asked you? Ah, never mind. I think I already know the answer. A while back, I blogged about managing your own personal brand . The blog post was in reference to job searching but it crossed my Read More...
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Recruiting conferences...what do recruiters out there really want?

Posted Thursday, November 18, 2004 4:21 PM by HeatherLeigh
Now that I am doing the recruiting conference circuit (wheee!), I'm starting to understand how these shows are a little industry unto themselves. I never really went to a lot of these events in the past. I've been more from the school of learning by doing...not Read More...
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OK...I am here and it is pretty cool!

Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:02 PM by HeatherLeigh
Well, the drive through Queens from the airport was kind of painful (rush hour, etc.), but Times Square (or is it Time Square) totally rocks (right outside my window) and so does my hotel. So far, I've visited the room service menu, the mini bar and the Read More...
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Could be a slow blogging week for me...

Posted Monday, November 15, 2004 1:10 PM by HeatherLeigh
Aside from catching up on mail after my hard drive fiasco last week (if you sent me something and haven't heard back, I will respond evetually...I promise), I'm heading to New York City this week (mid-week) to speak at a recruiting conference ( Recruiting Read More...
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Microsoft stops the aging process

Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 11:05 AM by HeatherLeigh
On my way in to work this morning, I passed a public bus with one of those big advertisements on the side. You know, the kind that, if you were to really read all of it, would cause you to surely endanger those around you. Well in the interest of safety, Read More...
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What we look for: Outbound Product Marketing

Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:11 AM by HeatherLeigh
Yeah, I've been offline for a little while but wanted to continue to share info with you on what we look for here. I think I mentioned before that we developed some profiles of candidates that tend to fit well at Microsoft. These profiles focus on what Read More...
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You never know what you've got until it's gone

Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:23 PM by HeatherLeigh
I'm not a big fan of platitudes. Really. Maybe I'm not an "out-of-the-box" thinker (hee!). Anyhoo, the person that said you don't know what you've got until it's gone (or, "you don't LOVE what you've got until it's gone" as Chicago said...yeah I'm a child Read More...
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I voted today...did you?

Posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:12 AM by HeatherLeigh
OK, I am sorry for any and everyone that comes into contact with me today (I might even be sorry for people reading this right now...soapbox alert), because I am going to ask each one of you whether you voted. I went this morning..first thing and I have Read More...
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Microsoft's Employee Referral Process

Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 10:59 AM by HeatherLeigh
I've had some questions lately about Microsoft's employee referral process; specifically whether it's a good way for potential candidates to get noticed by Microsoft recruiters. The answer is "yes" but let me tell you a little bit more about how it works. Read More...
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