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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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Executive Recruiting Researcher Role

Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 7:15 AM by HeatherLeigh
OK, I generally don't post jobs here but a co-worker sent me this description and, although my blog isn't targeted at recruiters, I know some of them read it. And this is a cool job. Executive Recruiting Researcher Essentially, this role will help conduct Read More...
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Getting a "facebook strategy"

Posted Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:55 AM by HeatherLeigh
And no, it's not about getting dates. I am going to take some of Paul's recommendations . I'll have a little bit of a hard time with #2 trading off between facebook and blogging (cheater!). Just did #4. Really want to focus on #3. And also, throwing more Read More...
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Writing effective job postings

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:28 PM by HeatherLeigh
Partly free advertising for my pals at TheLadders and partly because they give some good advice about writing job postings (not to be confused with job descriptions...there's a subtle difference). Pasted with their permission, of course. If you are a Read More...
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I'm ready for facebook to grow up a little

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:34 AM by HeatherLeigh
For all my facebook love, I'm ready for it to stop being such a skanky kid. I know that it's just people writing these facebook apps, but when I get an invitation to an application involving "meet(ing) new people", I don't really want to get cheesy flirt Read More...
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Making it easy to say "yes"

Posted Monday, December 31, 2007 4:35 PM by HeatherLeigh
Through my recent shopping expeditions and resulting rationalizations (to others, not myself), I hear myself saying things like "it would be WRONG not to buy it since it's on sale" or "if you don't buy it now, it may be gone when you decide you want it". Read More...
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