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Marvin Smith
Redmond, WA
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What was your most memorable summer job?
Memories can be good or bad. In terms of the latter, selling private camping club memberships door-to-door left a lasting impression. Door knocking is challenging at best. My take-ways from that experience: houses that say "no solicitors" are the most likely targets because someone at that house has probably purchased a lot of products over the years to cause a spouse to put that sign up.... 
Posted @ 11:14AM, April 17, 2007
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Talent Community Development
Talent Community Development
tags:
prospecting for talent
• sourcing
• talent community development
• project management
• talent acquisition
• recruiting
How would you describe your time at Microsoft?
Current assignment is to develop talent community for the Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division ($7B in sales & 7500 employees). Our business mission is to be at the forefront our Microsoft's Connected Entertainment initiative by delivering digital lifestyle experiences in collaboration and integration that are designed for a community of users. The Entertainment & Devices is comprised of our distinct businesses: Music (Zune & the Zune Marketplace), Gaming (Causal Game Platforms, Xbox Live, Windows Vista Games, & Xbox 360), Video (Microsoft TV, eHome & Windows Media Center), Communication (mobile & the mobile communications platform), and Productivity & Extended Consumer Experiences (PC Hardware, Windows Automotive, Windows Embedded, & MacOffice).
As Talent Community project manager, I support the Staffing Managers (3) and a Recruiting Team (25) with a strategic talent initiative that will identify prospective talent in the areas of engineering (software, hardware, & design), marketing (entertainment, music, PR & lifestyle branding), IT, Solutions, Art/Graphics, Finance, and Operations (manufacturing, procurement, & supply chain)....
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