A friend called and told me this.... He just completed a two month recruiting cycle for a regular product management/business development position with a...
Hi Spinacia; How timely, I have had 3 similar experiences over the past few months. And no this is not a tirade, I do have a point to make at the end. This my...
I too have had my references contacted (by a couple recruiters, no less) when I was very early into interviewing cycles. In one case the company didn't even...
Hi, Given the current discussions, I thought some of you might find this of interest. Whether you're searching for freelance/contract/consulting or full-time ...
Companies are also having their funding cut, and seeing their sales pipeline evaporate when customer's budgets are cut. I've had 4 interviews since February: ...
Ditto to what Patrick said about keeping your head high and carrying on. I'm a consultant and have been put through this type of dog and pony show routine ...
Among the things that trouble me considerably are the submittal of work samples. Assuming a person applying for a position has relevant industry background,...
I totally agree with you and your policy. I also heard of cases where corporate recruiters call the references and ask them a host questions about themselves,...
There have been some interesting posts recently about the "sincerity" and "intent" of hiring managers and recruiters. I'd like to hear a response from these...
At Software Development Forum in San Jose. You must be a member to attend. ... Whether you're a consultant or job seeker, there are important tax issues that...
I have some points to make regarding Terry's various assertions: * I do not believe a "presentation of ideas on a company's position and direction" is honestly...
At the risk of sounding controversial I would ask your friend to publish the name of the company. He should, of course, not connect his name to it but I think...
Following up on my last note in talking with others it was stated that, in fact, you should publish the names of the people with whom you had the problems....
I've always required the top candidates to do some written work, typically some kind of analysis of the company's strategy, web site, competition, products,...
When replying to another person's email, please remove all of the extraneous stuff at the bottom. This helps keep the messages crisp and clean, and most ...
I've been walking in the Palo Alto Baylands http://www.calmanac.com/paw/paonline/things_do/baylands.shtml in the early evening and it's a ghost town over...
I don't want to state the somewhat obvious - but - ok - so high tech is quite dead for now. It may recover but it is pretty dead now. What is the conclusion...
... I would also be very bothered if someone asked me to submit work samples, particularly from recent employers. Most people in most companies sign NDA ...
I have read a number of books by Dr. Reynolds and attended a part-improv, part-Constructive Living class taught by Patricia Ryan at Stanford Univ (evening...
Anyone familiar or experienced with the "Six Sigma" quality/process improvement methodology? Is it applicable in any way to Product Management? Thanks, ...
Some relevant websites: http://www.isixsigma.com/sixsigma/six_sigma.asp Six Sigma - What is Six Sigma? Bookmark This Page Email This Page Format For Printing ...
Folks, To introduce myself: I have been doing product marketing and product management for well, over 15 years. For eight years I was focused on general...
In the past I have worked with headhunters because the calls came flooding in to me when I had a nice job. I have also worked with headhunters because I was...
Two quick questions: 1) Any brief stories of how you or someone you know IN PM has successfully made the leap from ISO 900n/1400n or TQM to Six Sigma? 2)...
Hi everyone, I'm breaking my own rule by sending a non-job posting to the softwareproductmarketing jobs list (and also the discussion list). But it's always...
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Hi folks, Need some help. Even though I recruit PMs and have for awhile, I've never really heard any of them discuss software licensing as part of their job....
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