Kathryn Minshew Quotes

I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available.

I don't really have any strategy for my career.

You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.

I wouldn't say I'm moving to America; I certainly would say that I'm just staying there; and I certainly wouldn't advise anyone to come here unless they've got an extensive CV in the U.K.; you have to build your career wherever you started from.

My go-to line when it's the resume game is that I'm either Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds.

Confining a resume to a single page is good advice for anyone.

I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.

I don't have the expertise in that department, I seriously lack the skill to market myself.

My greatest career mistake is giving interviews.

I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.

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

Whether you're working in corporate America or you're a journalist, construction worker, a teacher or an actor - we're all trying to keep working. If one job is ending, you look for another job. When 'Psych' ends, I will be looking for another job.

Resume? I wish I had a resume. And if I did, I wouldn't scrub anything from it. Who cares?

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.

I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to.

I thought I was in a better position to get a team than anyone else in Houston.

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

I think anyone about to leave one job not surprisingly would use their knowledge, their experience, their skills drawn from their previous positions to try and earn a living in the future. That's what happens in all interviews.

When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.

I'd update my resume so you're ready for any outcome.

The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred letters to newspapers asking for work and got three responses, two no's.

Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.

References drive the industry.

I don't know how I could plan my career.