Scott Weiss Quotes

You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

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

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

Every company, regardless of size, is competing for the same pool of talent, which is why top recruiters can even command equity for finding key hires. Internships give startups a chance to hire the best and brightest from our universities at a fraction of the cost that these same minds will command when they receive their degrees.

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

I heavily overinvest in recruiting. I have an understanding with certain search firms that if you find someone great, don't wait until there's a job opening - send him to me.

The legwork is always hard. Really finding people that you think are good enough. Just the definition of what we have to do is finding good enough people that you really think are special.

I'm always looking for new talent.

Recruiting talent is no different than any other challenge a startup faces. It's all about selling.

Best results are often achieved well before you need a job, by consistently networking so that when you find yourself job-hunting you have a large network to work with.

I have a wonderful assistant. I tell her I need four amputees and a midget, and she finds them.

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

If one wants to get high paying jobs, one ought to depend on those who are in power.

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.

The people and opportunities your business needs are out there, but the only way to uncover them is to take an active role in bringing your social network to life.

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.

The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.

Whatever we can't develop internally - and nobody develops everything internally - you have to be able to trade and sign free agents.

NBC Universal has created a role called 'talent branding specialist' - a marketer whose job is essentially to put the company on the radars of the most sought-after candidates.

Rightly or wrongly, for better or worse, valuation is a very important tool for recruiting - particularly in the markets for software engineering, where the market is really tight.

Holiday hiring is only useful if you get the right people, and the consensus among HR professionals is that the most consistent and efficient means of finding good people is to use word of mouth. Namely, this is because focusing on referrals means that only people who are already within your network will apply.

The number one thing in recruiting in terms of making it a great job is players in your own area.

Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool.

We talk a lot in Silicon Valley about product pipelines and sales pipelines, but what about talent pipelines? It is, after all, talent - people - who give us products to sell.

It's great to be able to bring the best players from other countries and that they want to play in our league.