Job Search Quotes

“Even though your time on the job is temporary, if you do a good enough job, your work there will last forever.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“One of the greatest joys of leading a business is providing jobs to other people.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Don't save your best for when you think the material calls for it. Always bring your full potential to every take, and be on top of your job, or they will replace you.”
― Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

“Every job is an important job. Businesses dont create jobs and choose to pay people wages or salaries unless that job is vital to the operations of the business. If the job wasn't important, the job wouldn't exist.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“If you don’t know why you’d hire you, neither will they.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness

“Getting too interested in the English way of life won't help you land a permanent job.”
― Mary Ellis, A Marriage for Meghan

“Action is the spark that ignites potential.”
― John Long, Career Judo - The Martial Art for the Mindful Career

“Bypass the authoritocracy. Don't go to interviews looking for validation from others. Instead, develop your talent stack and search for teams who need you.”
― Salil Jha

“So this is the trick to growing in your career: whatever you hear, read, learn from outside your industry...don’t think literally...think laterally about how you will apply it to your work. This will bend minds.”
― Richie Norton

“Your ideal career or business idea is probably something you already do. Are you a number cruncher at your day job but love helping your colleagues to get fit? Do you work a 40-hour workweek and travel on weekends? Oftentimes, your calling is hiding in plain sight.”
― Salil Jha

“Asked what we do best, few of us would say 'doing a great job interview.' Yet this is one of the most highly rewarded abilities in life.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“Authenticity and strategy could be called the 'yin and yang' of good interviewing--except that they aren't opposites. The opposite of authenticity is phoniness, and the opposite of strategy is randomness, or carelessness.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“Interviewers are sick of robotic, canned answers people have read in books. So instead of feeding you readymade answers, I'm going to help you think though and prepare your own answers---ones that are both authentic and strategic.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“It's perfectly normal to be nervous about job interviews. But if you get so anxious that your voice shakes, you can't stop fidgeting or it's hard to think clearly, that's a problem. Fortunately, there's a lot you can do about it.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“It is never easy to lose a job, but there is an upside , employment counselors say job loss provides an opportunity to find something better-SUCCESSFUL WORKFORCE RE-ENTRY STRATEGIES FOR JOBSEEKERS WITH IMPERFECT WORK HISTORIES, Author, V J SMITH BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOK”
― V J Smith, WORK AT HOME MOM

“It's either in writing or it's nothing.”
― Hamza Zaouali, The 30-Day Job Search: Supercharge your Resume, Renew your Motivation, Secure & Succeed at more Job Interviews, and Negotiate your Salary like a Pro!

“You know, Ahmed, I'm not looking for a job. I'm looking for fulfillment. And for me, there are only two ingredients: knowing that my work means something for others, and the company's culture.”
― Hamza Zaouali, The 30-Day Job Search: Supercharge your Resume, Renew your Motivation, Secure & Succeed at more Job Interviews, and Negotiate your Salary like a Pro!

“A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement.”
― Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

“Some jobs are not hard to get.
It is just that you do not have enough money or guts to pay for it, in cash or in kind.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Before You Doubt Yourself: Pep Talks and other Crucial Discussions

“Except for maybe nuclear physics and interstellar space travel, there are few things as complex as landing a job.”
― Clark Finnical, Job Hunting Secrets:

“As job seekers, when we start our job hunt, we have no restrictions on what we can or cannot do. However, practically everyone we meet tells us what we have to do. The sad thing is that, because most job seekers don't know any better, we fall for what we hear.”
― Clark Finnical, Job Hunting Secrets:

“The Wisdom of Pursuing Other Paths

When you only apply online, you’re betting your future on the Applicant Tracking System. I know I’m repeating myself, however it’s critical that you understand this.

ATS systems reject, on average, 75% of all applicants. The percentage can be as high as 90%.

When you pursue career opportunities through networking, staffing companies, recruiters, or calling the hiring manager, your future is no longer in the hands of the HR Elimination System.

In other words, you significantly increase your chances of landing a job.

Orville Pierson, a former Vice President at Lee Hecht Harrison, the largest outplacement firm in the U.S. and author of three job search books, provides these success rates:

Networking or “Just Plain Talking To Other People” as Pierson likes to call it, is responsible for 75% of all hires.

Pierson says networking enables you to become a known candidate, either as a referral or recommendation from an internal employee.

Nothing makes a candidate more valuable than being known.”
― Clark Finnical, Job Hunting Secrets:

“After extensive reading, I feel like the MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE is always left out…the most important being…

… Understand How the Hiring Manager Thinks

Secret #1

3 Questions That Determine If You Are A Candidate

Can You Do The Job?

Will You Like The Job Enough To Stay There?

Can We Stand To Work With You?

Secret #2

4 Ways To Differentiate Yourself From All Other Candidates:

Have You Made Money For Your Employers?

Have You Saved Money For Your Employers?

Have You Increased the Productivity of Your Employers?

Have You Made A Difference at Your Employers?

Everything I did before, during and after the interview was geared toward answering those questions in as much detail as possible.”
― Clark Finnical, Job Hunting Secrets:

“Cynthia Shapiro's take on Self-Talk

Cynthia Shapiro, in her wonderful book, What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get A Job Around Here? says:

What you’re telling yourself with your inner voice comes through in every stage of your job search process.

When you have negative or insecure self-talk constantly running through your head, it will tend to govern the tone of your cover letters, e-mails, phone screenings, and interviews.

Cynthia shares how successful athletes visualize getting baskets, making touchdowns, or hitting home runs.

Job seekers need to do the same thing. We need to visualize succeeding in interviews, excitedly sharing our achievement stories, and enjoying getting to know hiring managers and their teams.

Your self-talk plays an incredible role in your life. If you say anything that sounds the least bit negative, STOP yourself, and say:

I’m better than that. I’m capable and talented.

I’m going to share my achievement stories with hiring managers and help them understand how I can help them solve their problems.”
― Clark Finnical, Job Hunting Secrets:

“The goal of an interview session is to find the right person fit for the job, not just to fill a role. It is finding the right cord that will spark the fire that makes stuffs work in real-time, and it is a two way thing for both the interviewer and the interviewee.”
― Olawale Daniel

“Job Search 101: Match your talent with opportunities that you are passionate about.”
― Germany Kent

“Consider all recruiters to be lazy and short of time.”
― Roopesh Tiwari, WHAT WON’T GET YOU YOUR DREAM JOB : STORY OF A JOB HUNT

“On the list of things you want to do in life, fixing your resume is right up there with hitting yourself in the head with a hammer.”
― Martin Yate CPC, Knock 'em Dead Resumes: How to Write a Killer Resume That Gets You Job Interviews

“Networking is nothing more than building relationships with people who would be inclined to help you in your career management.”
― Aaron Basko