Comments on: my comment to the MS jobs blog http://blog.techprofound.com/2006/09/08/my-comment-to-the-ms-jobs-blog/ geek w/ social skillz Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve Smith http://blog.techprofound.com/2006/09/08/my-comment-to-the-ms-jobs-blog/#comment-252 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:31:59 +0000 http://tweblog.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/my-comment-to-the-ms-jobs-blog/#comment-252 http://www.emicrosoftinterview.com – Guide/Tips for Microsoft Interview Questions

]]> By: Toby Getsch http://blog.techprofound.com/2006/09/08/my-comment-to-the-ms-jobs-blog/#comment-209 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:28:35 +0000 http://tweblog.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/my-comment-to-the-ms-jobs-blog/#comment-209 Thanks Tim~

I am totally in agreement about how hard recruiters work. There is no doubt. I have witnessed it myself. I agree there.

I still do not agree with the volume of work that is constantly mentioned. Get more people! This isn’t a comment directly to you, but a more general comment. If you guys are truly that loaded with work and that many clamoring managers looking for your help, then you need more recruiters and you need better tools and technology.

If I am wrong here, please shine the light. I just have a really hard time letting it rest when I hear the same comments so often. I am listening. That’s what I hear.

~Toby

]]> By: Tim http://blog.techprofound.com/2006/09/08/my-comment-to-the-ms-jobs-blog/#comment-208 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:50:11 +0000 http://tweblog.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/my-comment-to-the-ms-jobs-blog/#comment-208 Toby: As a Microsoft technology recruiter, I can safely say that Jim was absolutely spot on. I don’t think he intended the email to come across as arrogant, simply as factual. If you want your resume to stand out in a crowd his tips are a great start. I too worked on the agency side prior to coming to Microsoft, and I too thought that I was incredibly busy and received a lot of email and even more resumes than I knew what to do with, but all of that paled in comparison to what was in store for me when I picked up my first client group and my first set of 50+ open requisitions with every hiring manager screaming for attention.

The volume of mail is incredible and the expectations that people (both internal to Microsoft and job seekers) is overwhelming.

Recruiting has never been rocket science and as you know a very large percentage of the interview day etc is chemistry, but before the interview and before the phone screen etc, your resume has to draw the attention of the recipient, and Jim’s advice and his tips are sound examples of what a job seeker can do to be noticed in a sea of chaff.

That’s my $0.02

Thanks.

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