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Something I've learned since my time at VMware, which was not so apparent to me before: Most people despise recruiters.

Now definitely this claim is not aimed at anyone in the industry in particular, and it's almost understandable why we're so hated.

There are alot of headhunters out there who SPAM.

Now while most of us, myself included, would be incredibly flattered that someone went through all that trouble to find me and offer me a job opportunity because they recognize my skills and talen… Continue

Making up for lost time

OMG it's been a WHILE since I last wrote in here! Thanks to one of my wonderful candidates for reminding me I still have a blog! :)

Also recently I got a less than nice message about my LinkedIn profile picture, sent straight to my vmware.com account. Just want to say to whoever it was: NOT COOL! Definitely NOT appreciated! And unless you have something nice to say, find something better to do with your time instead of writing hate mail!

That picture was actually taken… Continue

Ugh. It's only 5pm and it's super dark and gloomy. That is the down
side to sitting so close to windows and the door. I think if it wasn't
for my heater I'd freeze to death from the draft that comes in every
time someone opens the door facing my cube.

Recruiting is slowly picking back up. My brain has somewhat defrosted and I'm filling my pipeline.

So
onto more interesting stuff. I'm actually looking for a room right now.
Last night I drove to this place in San Jose. I was so c… Continue

Kind of like writer's block I guess? I'm at my wit's end right now
trying to figure out some new ways to source. I keep on running across
the same people, either qualified and not interested, or
super-interested but not qualified.

A friend suggested to me
that perhaps I should think about a career change, after all, I am a
psych major, IT might not be my interest and I'm just fooling myself
into thinking this is my dream job :-(

Things took a down turn
after I got my Fit n Frui… Continue

So one of my hiring managers came to me today and asked me to help her
find Globalization QA Engineers that speak Russian. Easier said than
done. If anyone out there knows of anybody, please PLEASE clue me in!

To
backtrack a bit, it's been a pretty hectic month. I was in Chicago
visiting my parents for the week of Christmas, came back just in time
for a black-tie NYE event, then just braved a wedding last night.
Hectic but awesome because I get to keep dressing up in new dresses and
sho… Continue