Facebook Quote by David Kirkpatrick

“Assign each new hire to read a book and write a one-page report so you can see how serious they are about working there.”

— Patrick Bet-David

“Figuring out what to do in a workplace is hard enough for experienced hires, so it’s an especially tall order for an intern.”

— Camille Fournier

“I applied for an overnight stocking position at a supermarket, but I didn’t get the job. It probably went to somebody the manager knew.…

— Jarod Kintz

The summer before my senior year in college, I talked my way into an unpaid internship on Capitol Hill. I was able to have…

— Adam Lashinsky

“Hiring should always be part of your long-term strategy, not a quick fix to an immediate problem.”

— Steven J. Bowen

“Four years of fussing over spreadsheets until my eyes hurt and kissing egotistical traders’ asses in hopes that I could count on a good…

— K.A. Tucker

“Human resource directors and hiring managers tell me they usually know within the first thirty seconds of a job interview whether or not the…

— Susan C. Young

“A huge number of jobs that are filled are never advertised to the public, or if they are, they’re filled by people who have…

— Melanie Pinola

“Interns are like not-cut diamonds; They have flaws, some of them are totally worthless, but once you cut them well, they can become something…

— Barney Baszuro

“her she didn’t have enough experience. The third job…well, she didn’t really know how to describe what she’d been through. The ad had said…

— Melody Anne

Interns can be hard on me and I'm hard on them. They have no experience and I have little patience when they don't know…

— Sonja Morgan

“My approach was to hire, train, test, and then fire or promote quickly, so that we could rapidly identify the excellent hires and get…

— Ray Dalio