My name’s Martin Burns, and I’m the Recruiting Manager for ZoomInfo, a pretty nifty little search engine in the wilds of beau colic, maybe a little post-industrial Waltham, MA. This blog is in part (full disclosure) a shameless way for me to sucker – err, attract raw talent to work with us.
That said, let’s get the legal stuff out of the way: while I’m an employee of ZoomInfo, the views expressed here are soley my own, and are not approved by the company prior to posting. Frankly, I’m one of the people that keeps our PR guy up worrying at night – since he’s my friend & I like to upset the people I love, that’s just gravy. No guarantees that I can find you a job, and take what I say with a grain of salt.
The blog is written with a slightly cheeky voice, with content taken from my general experience working helping people manage job/ career change (all names removed to avoid nasty litigation).
Beyond that, it’s good advice for the job seeker, and the rest of us humans, from a recruiter that’s a little in the know. I have 10 years of recruiting under my belt, primarily working as an agency headhunter prior to jumping to the dark side (ie corporate). I like helping people — finding a job is intimidating, and if I can ease your pain, I’d like to. If you want to learn more about what makes me, well, me, you can check out my ZoomInfo profile.
Oh, and if you just want to reach out and say “hi”, or maybe “hire me” (fingers crossed on that last one), you can e-mail me here: burns@zoominfo.com






January 2, 2007 at 11:21 am
I found your site interesting and amusing! I wish I’d gone to ‘techie-school’! I’m thinking about going back to school so I can apply to companies like yours…or even your company?!! I love to dig into the config. files and clean out the old junk…what do you call someone who does that? LOL! If I could only get paid to do that, life would be grand! Keep up the good work, I’ve referred your site to a techie-friend who can send it on to more techie-friends in the wilds of S.D. and Minnesota! I’m in CNY, myself…great global winter we’re having, huh?!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR. Sincerely, Michelle R.
September 5, 2007 at 11:18 am
Hello Mr. Burns,
Does ZoomInfo provides Internships too? I Just sent my resume at the post of Software Engineering email id. Please have a look at my resume and let me know if I can be given an opportunity.
sincerely
ravi
October 9, 2007 at 9:30 am
I have added your blog to my blog roll. Please check out my blog at http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress. I write about how to land a medical sales job and then give tips on success for sales and hiring. I would appreciate it if you could add me to your blogroll.
Thank you.
Peggy
November 2, 2007 at 10:05 pm
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June 10, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Martin,
I love your blog. What types of people does ZoomInfo want to hire? Maybe you could do a guest blog post for me (about ZoomInfo and its application to the Medical arena or Medical Sales arena)? Just a thought. Have a great day.
June 10, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Martin,
When I roll over the positions on the upper left, your explanation covers the job description?
April 1, 2009 at 11:40 am
Hi Martin,
. My other interests/expertise include sales and marketing, international business and fighting bioterrorism. I hope we could chat or may be work together one day if I get to the East Coast…
Reading your blog made me want to live in Massachusetts… (so that I could meet all of you guys at Zoominfo – you seem to be a really cool bunch of people) We are colleagues in a sense that one of my interests is helping people in the field of employment and entrepreneurship in Chicagoland through networking. Here’s what I’ve created: http://www.legalaliensguide.com My book is not on your Amazon wish list YET but if you like the idea I can send it to you for review
April 8, 2009 at 2:59 am
Hi Mr. Burns,
I will admit, this is a bit of a shameless attempt at getting your attention! I sent my resume and cover letter (in my email, not attached– in fact, I’ve been reading on a lot of websites recruiters and hiring managers actually prefer cover letters as part of the email so they don’t have to open Word so much…) a few days ago and decided to comment on your blog. As a college senior about to graduate, I am one of thousands reading blogs in order to find original job searching advice from personable and relatable voices. I definitely enjoy reading your blogs– it’s not often hiring managers put themselves out there, which makes ZoomInfo that much more attractive! Hopefully you have received my application materials because I’ve always wanted to be a rock star! Now that I am through brown-nosing (although I can assure you that I have a sincere and genuine interest in working for ZoomInfo as the company culture is definitely unique and exactly what I want to be a part of), I hope I can leave some sort of lasting impression with you… at least lasting enough for you to consider granting me a phone interview! Keep an eye out of my resume; in case you receive too many to remember mine, here is my email: doritazoulay@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you soon!
Dorit Azoulay
August 14, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I have found that there is no really focused hand manager directory for job hunters.
There are lots of general directories, but they include lots of useless stuff. So, I decided to create my own.
I would like to have you include yourself in it.
There are multiple categories and you can place your self and your organization under the different headings.
(If you want a different category than is listed, let me know and I will add it)
It only takes a minute to add your link, and its growing fast. There is no charge or cost involved.
You can see the directory at http://www.zaletabakman.ca/job-hunting-directory/ there is a link on the page to add your link and a description to it.
While I would like a link back (who wouldn’t) at this time its not necessary.
Zale
November 18, 2009 at 3:15 am
Thanks for listing Ms. Career Girl in your blogroll! Love your blog!
Nicole Crimaldi
November 19, 2009 at 11:24 am
Thanks Nicole!