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The response to our weblog over the last 24 hrs has long been mind-boggling, and I have to say I'm really enthusiastic. Along the way, I am realizing Zoë and I will need to make a lot of adjustments to our style to ensure we are valuable members of the community, and while we could ruffle some feathers in the MS HR community by breaking from the pack,Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2010, I strongly feel it's the right thing to do, and it will be cool to push the boundaries.

I've talked about putting a "face" to the Recruiting organization at Microsoft, and while that is our eventual goal, it's going to get a lengthy, hard road - so stick with us. I realize one of the values a person can add to the community is the ability to help make connections between people. This morning, Josh lectured to me that I am not going to earn much respect if I don't have the ability to say, "Hey, you are interested in opportunities with Office. You should go talk to Recruiter X, and her e-mail address is X@..." Well,Microsoft Office Pro 2010, the truth of the matter is we just aren't there yet. My hope is that Zoë and I are able to evangelize this weblog out to the larger Recruiting community, and other recruiters will make themselves known, but until they volunteer themselves to step into the public eye, the connections we make will often be behind the scenes, and for that, I apologize.

Our organizational structure in Recruiting is complex,Purchase Windows 7, but simply put, we have two main focuses: Industry Recruiting and College Recruiting. College Recruiting does a better job in connecting with their customer/candidate base since they have the ability to align themselves by schools. In fact, if you visit their website, you can find the e-mail address of the Recruiter for particular schools. I think that's awesome! The downfall is that the College team only has a certain number of schools with which they build strong relationships, so if you don't attend one of the schools on their list, it isn't easy to find the name and contact info for your recruiter. I've decided that is my first mission, and on Monday, I'll be asking the College team for a contact I could give out to you if don't attend one of the schools on their list. Assignment #1.

It gets trickier with Industry Recruiting. An "Industry candidate" is defined as anyone who is at least one year out of college. (Meaning if you are a current student or alumni of <1 year, you should work with our College team.) Zoë and I both work in Industry Recruiting (far more specifically Technical Industry Recruiting) so this is where we can add the most value. In Industry Recruiting, Recruiters work with specific business groups. They are focused on filling openings within that group, and while they are happy to forward resumes on to their fellow recruiters in other groups, their own client is Pri 1. Zoë and I are in a unique position in that we aren't aligned to a particular Business Group so we are able to make those connections for you, and we truly want to figure out in which group you'd best fit.

So - the point of this post was to tell you why I can't always give you a specific contact in MS Recruiting. If you've worked with a Recruiter at MS and been turned down for a specific position or group, you might have received a message to the effect of: "From here, I will ensure your resume is in our database for other recruiters to review, and if another recruiter has a match, you will be contacted directly." We have this verbiage in place for a couple reasons. First, MS Recruiters work with several openings, Hiring Managers, and candidates at time,Cheap Windows 7, and the volume of e-mail we receive is enormous. In a perfect world,Office Ultimate 2007 Key, we'd want to route everyone around to every position, but at the end of the day, there just isn't enough time. Secondly, since Recruiters are aligned by businesses, they know their space VERY well but aren't as familiar with what other groups are seeking. So often the most efficient method to get your resume reviewed is to get it into our searchable database (or forward it out to some of the resume share aliases we have) and trust that other recruiters will find a match.

Until we bring the rest of Recruiting into the 21st century with online communities, the connections might be slow. Zoë and I are happy to send resumes directly to the right recruiter, but unfortunately, we can't always guarantee follow-up ... sometimes we don't even hear back ourselves. It's the nature of the high volume business. We will follow-up and maintain a dialogue with interested candidates, but we realize the satisfying closure won't always be there. We are working to solve this problem, and let us know if you suggestions!

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