John S. Middleton Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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.

The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.

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 worked for a temp agency called Manpower.

We will employ almost every strategy and hustle in any possible way to recruit top engineers to our team.

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.

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.

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

We've always looked for guys and girls who have striking ability... there's a reason my past company was called Strikeforce.

Recruiting is not an exact science.

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.

Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

I'm always looking for new talent.

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

I'm really good at hiring good people.

A lot of great people come to Facebook. In our business, we're about how do we help connect our companies to great people across all levels.

So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.

Time spent on hiring is time well spent.

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