Leila Janah Quotes

I've worked for a long time to get myself in a position where maybe I'd be fortunate enough to land one of the big jobs.

In order for you to find a job, people need to know you're looking.

For those who are out of work, to have the confidence from dressing appropriately and to feel good about themselves, it's really important.

I feel I don't face issues because I never seek work actively.

When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building.

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.

The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it.

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.

The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?

You can't get work without working.

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

I'm not picking up my phone and calling anyone for employment.

I was scouted working at the register at McDonald's in Melbourne, Australia. I worked there as my first job, and a guy walked in and gave me his card. I was 16. I was skeptical, but I looked it up when I got home, and it was legitimate.

The business of working at getting work is pretty intense. But you don't get the rewards of actually working.

While you are searching for a job, it is a good idea to be on your best behavior.

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

I have always tried to market myself.

'Space finder' is a phase I used in an interview one time, and it's followed me ever since.

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.

As an entrepreneur and employer, in the fairly recent past I have been astonished at how difficult it has been to get young people to take the idea of getting a job seriously.

Ask people who have the job you want how they got it.

I don't like to do a lot of interviews.

I've always been lucky enough to just play tennis, so I never actually had a job when I was growing up.

Work experience for many is their first taste of work and an essential first step into the jobs market.