
Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)
Heather Hamilton manages Microsoft’s Global Central Sourcing Team responsible for competitive research and programs. In this role, she leads Microsoft’s efforts aimed at enabling global research centers to monitor the competitive talent landscape and leverage opportunities to recruit the best technical talent through deliverables such as lead generation, competitive intelligence, training and opportunistic recruiting programs. Aside from managing a talented team of staffing professionals, Heather is probably best known as a blogger. She is a requested speaker on topics related to candidate outreach and community building and her blog, One Louder, has resulted in significant press interest including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Fast Company.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Mentored and provided direction for team of 6 IT recruiters in CNA's Home office. Responsible for recruitment of information technology professionals, primarily with backgrounds in client/server technology
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 7 months)
BS , Business Administration , 1987 — 1991
BS , Business Administration (Emphasis: Entrepreneurship)