John M. McHugh Quotes

We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view.

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

I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure.

I think that if you ask what's made us successful, it's because we've been fortunate enough to identify, in a number of cases, great people early. Then we throw all the resources behind them and are aligned with them.

We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem.

One great worker equals three not-so-great workers, so it's worth paying terrific people not just for today but to find people that we think have upward mobility to become tomorrow's leaders.

Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

I have been firming up and making changes in my roster for 2001. This needs to be done from now and then, to make sure what you are booking is working, and to keep a balance in your roster that works.

Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has.

Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.

I have started or run several companies and spent time with dozens of entrepreneurs over the years. Virtually none of them, in my experience, made meaningful personnel or resource-allocation decisions based on incentives or policies.

We have a workforce crisis across the NHS with around 100,000 vacancies.

Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep You have to go looking for them; they're not just lying around on the surface You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.

... how much time you should be spending on hiring? The answer is 0 or 25 percent.

Managers are the basic and scarcest resource of any business enterprise.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.

It's very hard to get people, because it's just one of those things. I mean, everybody is working. And then during the off- season, it's easy, but we don't have the people during the off-season, because the club closes during off-season, so lot of people don't want a part-time job.

Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview.

Make hiring a top priority.

If we get the right people in the right job we've won the game.

Human capital will go where it is wanted, and it will stay where it is well treated. It cannot be driven; it can only be attracted.

Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.

I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

At the beginning, you should only hire when you have a desperate need to.