Hiring Quotations

It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.

Talent has no gender. People are hiring young male directors right out of film school, off of a student film or off of a film at Sundance for millions of dollars. You can do the same with a female. It's not a risk about the work if you respect the film that they made.

It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef and nobody else in the kitchen. Generally you have five, ten, 15 people with you. So that's really important is to train them right, but first you have to hire the right people.

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

Like any director working today, I started out when somebody took a shot at hiring me. It's how we all start out - male, female, white or minority.

The ultimate proof of confidence for a small-business owner is, are they hiring employees?

Hey, I'm happy someone is hiring me. It could be all over. I'm so lucky to have a job.

As entrepreneurs, we often get pressured into hiring an industry executive. While it's good to hire people with experience, it can also be a stumbling block because they think about the business the same way everyone else does.

Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they've only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It's all about the social media or Facebook likes.

Somehow, the company must stay true to the founding vision while avoiding the pitfalls of rapid growth - and perhaps survive the hiring of a previously successful executive who doesn't work out.

Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing to push and bend and move in a new direction of actually capturing the character and storytelling.

Someone could be amazing at what they do, but if you don't like them, why bother hiring them?

Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company is not allowed to provide a personal benefit to a decision maker in return for business. But hiring the sons and daughters of powerful executives and politicians is hardly just the province of banks doing business in China: it has been a time-tested practice here in the United States.

Short of hiring a new staff, consider giving subpar workers a chance to improve. Tell them why they're not measuring up and give them a set amount of time to make specific improvements.

A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.

Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.

As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.

I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled labor.

I'm not bothered when other VCs start hiring great designers or start recruiting. That's the direction I'd like it to go.

It's a success story here in Michigan. We have hiring going on. We have new industries going on.

The reason inflation was brought down to manageable levels, by the time of Ronald Reagan's re-election, was directly attributable to Jimmy Carter's very courageous act, hiring a Federal Reserve chair, with the charge to induce a recession. That recession was probably the reason he didn't win a second term.

Developing a good, healthy culture is extremely important at a startup. Culture reflects the essence of a startup's operation because it directly affects the success of a company's hiring practices and overall strategy.

If we in fact were to begin enforcing the law against people who are hiring people who are here illegally, we would go a long way towards eliminating the problem.

Hiring foreigners is more expensive and more difficult than hiring locals, because of the visa fees and long lead times for visa processing. And companies face a backlash by anti-immigrant groups for hiring foreigners. So they do it only because they have to.

We've heard the excuses from those responsible for hiring that they don't want to take a chance on a new director. But the truth is that the industry hires new directors all the time; it's just that most of them are white males.

When I'm hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ask them to make me an omelette.

I had a terrible time hiring rich people. It sounds funny, but the problem is when things go wrong they can ask, 'Why am I doing this?' You don't ever want anybody asking that question. You want them to say, 'I know why I'm doing it, I need the money, let's go' or whatever it is that draws them.

One of the cool things we're seeing at TaskRabbit is local tech and gaming startups hiring TaskRabbits to test their products and deliver immediate user feedback. As the founder of a tech startup, I can tell you that this type of focus group testing is paramount - and usually really pricey and difficult to coordinate.

Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, with good reason. Hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and may not necessarily serve a company's interests. But by and large, financial firms in particular commonly hire people who have certain connections, whether through family or a business relationship.

There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.

Message to all you crazed parents desperately hiring tutors and padding your kid's thin resume: Chillax. Attending an elite college is no guarantee of leadership, life success, or earnings potential.

I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible.

The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them.

I was always self-conscious about the fact that I didn't have as much comedy experience as other people at 'SNL,' and I kept thinking they were going to realize they'd made a mistake by hiring me.

My sense is that the efforts being made by athletic directors (to interview and hire black candidates) have been more timely and complete. There is an improvement. ... But at the end of the day you have to be objective and measure this in wins and losses, and that's a bittersweet perspective. Hiring two coaches and increasing your total 66% just underscores how much distance we have to go.

On the heels of a conservative start to the year, managers are feeling more comfortable putting their 2006 hiring plans in gear. ... lower unemployment rates and the growing demand for skilled labor in certain sectors such as health care, financial services and IT are strong indications that the economy is growing steadily.

I work too much. Being successful this past year has been amazing, but that success means either hiring more people or to do it ourselves. The latter is usually more true than the former. But that is OK. It's still worth it.

I would be against hiring anybody until those are defined.

I wish there was a way to expand what we've got, ... That also comes into hiring more personnel to cover any new areas. It would all cost the county more money.

When the hiring manager asks for references, it's a signal the firm is interested in pursuing you as an employee. Wait until you are asked for your references; don't volunteer them.

My family and I thought this was the best decision right now, to make myself eligible for the draft without hiring an agent. I want to leave all of my options open.

Obviously, we have an obligation to the students to have a positive school environment. You do that by having some stability throughout the classroom. Most principals want to have somebody in there for the rest of the school year, even if it means hiring a retired teacher.

One of the things that spoke to me in hiring these ladies is that their No. 1 priority is to have fun. They want to use the program as a stepping stone to get to the next level of competitive softball. Lori has been there, so she knows what it takes to get there.

More and more human resource executives are coming to the realization that they can no longer drag their heels on hiring decisions. If they do, it is increasingly likely that the candidate will be off the market before the offer is made.

Obviously, the economy is improving and business owners are optimistic. Small business owners are saying that they will be hiring people, expanding facilities, even investing additional funding in their business.

I don't have an opinion of what they're doing. The practice of encouraging trade associations or private-sector firms with regard to their hiring practices is not something this office directs or is interested in directing.

We're not desperate, we just want to get our head count up to our control level. I'd like to hire about nine or 10, and I think that would move us into this winter and spring. We're basically hiring and training year- round.

Minorities have to remain vigilant that Abercrombie is doing what it promised to do. Not only should minorities apply to Abercrombie, we need to monitor if Abercrombie is treating Asian Americans and other minorities fairly in the hiring process and when they are working. We need to hold Abercrombie's feet to the fire.

Lutz's hiring signals the possibility of a renaissance at GM and heightens our sensitivity to the possibility of more constructive change, ... This is a major change in strategy for GM, which has historically relied heavily on inside promotions.

Many people don't realize that hiring a financial planner can be a good investment. If you find yourself letting important financial decisions go because you just don't seem to get around to them, you might want to talk to a financial planner to get those jobs done.

Many of the companies that are hiring are doing so to accommodate business expansion activities during 2006. Firms also are adding full-time staff and working with consulting professionals for corporate governance-related compliance and remediation initiatives.

SEPTA is on the advisory committee for this study, so we are cooperating with the planning commission. They haven't started the planning study yet or the process of hiring a consultant, so we won't know what SEPTA's final role will be until then.

The Prime Minister needs to have proper security. But I'm not at all persuaded that hiring luxury yachts on behalf of the security services to travel with the Prime Minister while he is on a luxury cruise is a good use of taxpayers' money,

I have never been more excited and energized about a head coaching appointment in my career than I am with the hiring of Ben Jacobson as our men's basketball coach. Ben is ready to take this step. He has the support of the current team and our recruiting class and he will do a great job of maintaining the excellence that we have built in our men's basketball program.

has stopped bleeding ... a hiring spree in 2003 looks like a low-odds bet.

Hella is a great place to work. We are a growing and stable company, yet still small enough to recognize and encourage individual accomplishments. We're hiring people who can help us grow and provide our automotive customers with exceptional service.

Growing corporate expenses, including rising health care and energy costs, may be contributing to a more cautious hiring environment. However, skilled accountants are always in demand, particularly in the current market. Companies that proactively seek top professionals will be best prepared to take advantage of new business opportunities.

If other people want to cut costs by hiring outsiders, so be it.

I can't reinvent the game and I certainly don't have all the answers. But I do know one thing: In many instances, insecure leadership does not surround themselves with the best people available because they're kind of concerned they're hiring their successor. My philosophy is, if you win, there's so much glory out there for everybody that you really don't need to take it all.

From imported professionals it should have been a short step to hiring men of varying ethnic and racial backgrounds, and it was.

From setting up a business, through dealing better with construction licenses, improving property registration, hiring new workers, to paying taxes, contract enforcement and bankruptcy and access to credit - Serbia and Montenegro covered the waterfront.

If we see three, four, five really good crackdowns on those employers, especially big companies out there, knowingly hiring people illegally, we're going to see -- sort of like compliance with the Internal Revenue Service. It's not just done out of patriotism. It's done because, you know, you might face a penalty. I think we'll see a diminution in the number of illegal hirings,

Fortunate isn't the word. I think Pacific deserves to have a coach of this caliber, and that's exactly what we set out to find when we started the hiring process.

I expect positive, but weaker hiring in the region in the months ahead.

If it continues to drag on, it will affect their spring recruiting. You don't want to go deep in April without hiring a coach. These weekends are essential to recruiting.

I believe the growth and demand in the private sector for knowing who you're hiring is where we're going to go. Sooner or later, all the information will be stored by biometrics (the use of physical characteristics to identify a person) and not Social Security numbers.

I believe that this rule will benefit many providers by making it easier to file the proper paperwork when hiring temporary employees.

I believe that such fears are overblown, ... Advance labor-market indicators like Manpower's survey of businesses indicate that hiring plans are on the rise. So while it is true that job gains have been slow in coming, they typically are anemic in the early stages of recovery.

I believe that such fears are overblown. Advance labor-market indicators like Manpower's survey of businesses indicate that hiring plans are on the rise. So while it is true that job gains have been slow in coming, they typically are anemic in the early stages of recovery.

Certainly, it was apparent to me that RLX was likely to exploit the confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets of Compaq that RLX acquired by its hiring of key Compaq personnel.

Businesses are regaining confidence to the point where they are now actively hiring new workers.

Businesses are showing increased optimism in their hiring plans.

Having just finished its best year since 2000, the search industry is optimistic that hiring will continue to rebound sharply at the executive level.

What we've seen has really been priced into the market. At this point we need to see evidence of rising spending on capital and businesses hiring employees.

We take this issue extremely seriously. That is why we have spent considerable resources to construct a very detailed minority and women business contracting and hiring program.

I also act as Umpire in Chief for local state tournaments, hiring and overseeing the umpires, and settling any contested plays.

He was pretty much responsible for hiring the faculty early on in that department. His confident leadership helped to develop the School of Planning into the excellent program that it is today.

I am just amazed at what Rees Jones has done with nature. His genius, along with the advice he gets from others, is one professional accomplishment. I think the Houston Golf Association is brilliant for hiring him, and we're proud to put our name on this course, to have a tournament on this course.

If that's the way you're going to be growing your audience in the future, by innovating in terms of what medium you're going to be using, I don't see that hiring a celebrity broadcaster is going to help you with that strategy.

If it's a good tourism season, there'll be some hiring done at our stores. Tourism drives (hiring) to a larger degree, so yes, we will be doing some hiring for the summer.

Historically, except for the dot-com hiring binge, this is a very solid number.

The pace of layoffs is rising again, while new hiring has stopped, ... These trends will likely be extended because of the economic dislocations associated with this week's tragic events.

The pace of layoffs is rising again, while new hiring has stopped. These trends will likely be extended because of the economic dislocations associated with this week's tragic events.

When they get moving on the construction, there will be 75-80 construction workers, and when the plant is all geared up, the workforce will (more than) double. All hiring is done under the West Virginia Jobs Act, which means 75 percent of them have to be local workers.

He said he had a check for $12,000 and asked that she cash it and send back $7,600 to his car hiring agency, ... He wanted her legal name and address, and a phone number and asked her to please remember that the integrity of his agency was involved.

There is evidence of racial bias in the hiring cycle.

We've been through some different changes in the football program in the past few years. One of the goals of the hiring committee was stability, someone that would come in here and develop some continuity.

Jon's hiring represents an important step forward for America Online and the entire company,

My parents were involved in community theater in New Jersey. Instead of hiring a baby sitter, they would take me with them. So my love of acting seeped in from watching my parents and seeing them having fun.

Labor markets are deteriorating quickly in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11. The economy was quite weak before the attacks, which have accelerated the pace of layoffs. As layoffs spiral higher, hiring activity has stopped, giving a strong upward push to joblessness.

Labor markets are deteriorating rapidly. Layoffs remain at a fast pace, while hiring has all but stopped. As economic activity continues to unravel, there are few prospects for a near-term turnaround. The national unemployment rate, now at 4.9 percent, should breach 6 percent before the economy begins to recover.

London felt the upturn earlier and stronger than all of the others. Hiring in Britain didn't drop as much as it did in the rest of the world through 2003, in financial markets and other industries.

Marv and I entered into an agreement initially that made him the general manager of the Bills. He was hired to be GM and would never coach the team. We are excited to have Marv as our general manager as we move forward in hiring a new head coach.

I saw Al and told him I was hiring Fred. That's when it really hit him.

State and local officials determine staffing needs. We don't dictate hiring decisions.

Recent accounting-related legislation is having a significant impact at a time when the pool of qualified prospects is declining due to the 150-hour rule instituted by most states. As a result, many hiring managers have more work than they can handle with current staffing levels and cannot find enough capable new hires.

Recruitment trends are tied to confidence in the economy and 56 percent of hiring managers expect the economy to improve in 2004. While more than half of hiring managers will be focused on employee turnover in the coming year, what is encouraging is that almost one-third will recruit to expand their business, introduce new products and services or enhance customer relations. After two years of a relatively flat job recovery, this is a positive indicator that job creation is on the rebound.

Steve has great credentials and really has an enthusiasm for the program. We feel that he can elevate this program and his hiring shows our commitment to providing our women's basketball student-athletes with the tools necessary to be successful as the sport continues to evolve on our campus.

Sustained economic growth is dependent on profit growth. Without profits, there will be no new hiring of workers and no new capital spending.

Part of the problem to the ailing economy of Japan is the sloppy hiring practices in the 1980s.