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By Eric Stutzman

As Jenna brought up we're “rated” by the number of hires produced and in the end with the day it truly is all about tracking the numbers. For example to reach my overall goal in a quarter, I typically have to review at least 1000 resumes. So as you see there is a lot of work that goes into finding “the hire” at Microsoft.

Ok, so now that I've given you a taste from the “numbers”; in the end with the day I still have to say it’s not “just about the numbers”! I KNOW that at every step of my process these numbers are living, breathing human beings and that I am as much there advocate into Microsoft as I am a gatekeeper for my Hiring Managers time. I try and keep that in mind as I am making my decisions about whom to contact, who gets priority as far as getting on my calendar first and such. Communication is crucial to this job and providing a positive recruiting experience is paramount not only to Microsoft but to MY personal reputation as an industry recruiter. I know full well that networking is a critical path to success as a recruiter and if you do not look at things outside from the “numbers” your network may well collapse.

Take Frank for example; I came across Frank during a search for people that had applied to one of our Program Manager positions (Yes we do look!!) in our applicant monitoring system. Right away I was able to tell (in my opinion anyways ;-p ) that he was a hire. OK! So this was made a bit easier by the fact that he had been via a loop at MS recently and received all positive responses on the feedback,Office Professional Plus 2007 Key, but the team was not able to move to an offer at that time.

Immediately I did two things; contacted the recruiter that was in charge with the original loop to see what was going on (our reputation for doing the right thing within our own community is also critical for success) and flagged the candidate for follow up so he didn’t go off my radar. Once I got the “story” and the “ok to move forward” from the other recruiter I contacted Frank to see if he was still interested in opportunities with Microsoft and if he remembered the position with Office Live he had applied to. Yes and Yes,Windows 7 Product Key! Great! Now onto my screen questions so I could submit him to my hiring manager.

Frank and I had a great conversation and while he wasn’t the “typical” core tech software development background Program Manager candidate I typically look for this position required a strong User Experience background which Frank had in droves! Now from Frank’s perspective he had not definitely considered a career at Microsoft as his background is very strong within Apple’s products. Frank is also a blog follower and has used Jobsblog to gather information. Read some from the things that he had to say about the MS recruiting process and our bloggers.

Taken from an email from Frank: “The blogging thing is way cool and I think it can only help someone in your position. As someone who has supreme power as the MSFT Jobs gatekeeper, a lot of folks are looking to your posts for guidance and insight as to how to attain their dream job. Your last post was great for someone who is looking to get into MSFT as a developer and gave some very insightful information. I would love to see more posts like that. I can't begin to tell you how much I have learned through the Jobs Blog and many other blogs within MSFT. It was a MAJOR contributing factor to swaying my opinions and attitude about Microsoft in a positive way.”

He also had a bit of advice for me which is always appreciated as blogging is something new for me,Purchase Office 2010!

Frank said,Office 2010 Home And Business Key, “I say keep up the good work and for future topics, think about how you felt trying to get in and the types of questions that you were wondering about. If it's something you can write about now, I think it's a safe bet there are many others wondering the same things. Talk to you soon...”

Frank is interviewing with our team soon… wish him luck!!

~Eric

PS: A shameless shout out to my son Drake who is celebrating his 1st birthday today,Windows 7 Home Premium!! Happy Birthday Drake - Daddy loves you!