Alan Schaaf Quotes

It's getting the right person that's the challenge.

Earlier, I used to take up any role that came my way. But now I feel that I should take time and consider the role before taking it up.

Recruiting is not an exact science.

The thing is that, often if you have time to research a role, sometimes it's hard to know exactly where to start.

If you're interested in the job and in the kind of work that's done, you have to have an interest in who's going to fill your shoes.

If the team needs me to recruit somebody, I'll be here. I'll be doing that.

When there are hiring decisions and promotion decisions to be made, people are hungry for data.

As you move along, it's about choices. Once you've gathered enough credits, you have to be more specific. You have to know what level of show you want to work on and be willing to turn down a lot of work to have the career you want.

Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.

I fire very little because I try to be very careful when I select people. If you know how to select, you don't fire often.

We all prospect, and don't even know we're doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you're interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.

I find I have to respond to a character or a story to choose a job.

The service leaders hire one out of 50 applicants, sometimes one out of 100, but they're very, very careful. You can't afford not to be extremely choosy when you hire.

The most important thing is to talk to people that have jobs that you might like and to see what they say the job involves.

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.

A guy gave me a job at an information booth - no questions asked.

I have always advised people never to apply for a job you do not really want.

Tell me who you want to see on the Left, and I'll hire them. If you give me a big name that's out there, that's floating around and wants work, I'd be happy to hire them.

We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few years. We spent about two months in an in-depth interview process, and Bret came out with flying colors. We are absolutely thrilled that he is our head coach.

Study the field that you want to get into and know everything about it.

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English.

If I would take a job with a professional league, I need to be ready.

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

When I got tired of going to school, I was kind of overqualified for a lot of jobs. Kind of underqualified for a lot of others.