Dan Gilbert Quotes

I have a wealth of experience, but I do not want to coach. I rather like the role of recruiter.

I have never been a recruiter. It won't ever happen.

Recruiting is not an exact science.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

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

I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.

I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job.

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

I think the biggest thing was that when I was in college, I really concentrated on personnel. That was my strength, and I was, in essence, my own recruiting coordinator. And when I went to the pros, I did the same thing.

I've hired people I've met at parties and other events, and I've hired a lot of people right out of college. It's really based on personality as opposed to experience.

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

Recruiting is all about relationships, it's not really about the facilities or the schools involved.

As founder of Eventbrite, I've interviewed almost every single person we've hired.

Especially in the first 10-15 years, your regular resume is not an authentic representation of you - you don't really have that many notches on your belt, so to speak. In a super-competitive job environment, you need to be able to tell a multi-dimensional story about who you are as a person.

I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there.

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.

The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.

My goal was to do anything that would lead to a job. I know that writing would not lead to a job. It's too fancy for me. My biggest goal was to be an office receptionist, answer phones. I didn't expect to go beyond that.

One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.

Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience.

I just want to work with the best people I can get my hands on.

I've done so many interviews that I've gotten past the ego and the personality.

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

I'm very good at being out of work.