[Welcome to I Want Her Job's Women at Microsoft Week! Today's article is the second in a series of five that will help you find out what it's like — and how you can — land your dream job at one of the biggest companies changing the face of business.]
Like many of us, Denise Novosel is now in a job she never quite imagined as a college student. A biology major who thought she was going to be a physical therapist, Denise worked as a PT aide at a clinic during her college internship. She quickly realized she wasn’t as passionate about it as she had initially thought, so she shifted directions and fell into a job at an outplacement firm called DBM.
It was through her work with helping job candidates find employment that Denise realized recruiting fit her much better than physical therapy ever did. After DBM, Denise’s resume grew with roles in a variety of businesses from an IT consulting firm and startup company to her own consulting gig for Washington Mutual. Eventually Denise’s path led her to Microsoft, where she’s been for a decade — half of her professional career! She is now a senior staffing director for the company who counts staffing the Kinect team as one of her greatest career accomplishments to date. What does the career recruiter think Microsoft saw in her? Read on to find out (and get some tips for yourself)!