Kathryn Minshew Quotes

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.

People don't tend to be unhappy in jobs doing something that they love, so I think it's important that those entering the world of work for the first time are given as much information as possible on how to get into the career that they want.

I learn a lot in interviews, I learn about how careers differ.

As a parent, I often wonder what I should be encouraging my kids to do for a career.

On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

You know, no one steered people's careers in those days, I don't think, like they do today.

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

There's an awful lot of choices in the world as far as what one can do for a living. It's best to be familiar with as many sectors of the working world as you can be so you'll be better at your creative job anyway.

Marcel, no more painting; go get a job.

I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some things set up over the next couple of months just to go and see. But I have no idea what the specific way to a solution is anymore. It's mysterious to me.

A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.

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

I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time, women's careers were essentially nursing, secretarial and teaching. My mother advised me to get my teacher's certificate.

I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a steppingstone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.

I don't find it very helpful to know who else is going up for stuff, generally.

Being able to hear someone say, 'I found an incredible job on The Muse,' or 'It gave me courage to make a career change,' that's the motivating factor.

I'm not sure what I want to do - business, law, something else.

When I graduated from Brown, I had a very limited conception of jobs, careers, and what I wanted to do. Basically, I figured I should do some kind of thought work that paid well, but I wasn't sure what.

My family said that a big firm was where you'd get the most opportunities. I knew nobody who had ever worked at a firm, nobody who knew anything about it. I just tried to get the best job I could.

A friend is someone who can help you with your career.

You wouldn't try and make a cake without a recipe book. Careers are just the same.

If you are a manager who is in your first or second job, the big worry would be where is your next job coming from, but I'm not in that position.