Mark V. Hurd Quotes

You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.

Resume? I wish I had a resume. And if I did, I wouldn't scrub anything from it. Who cares?

I really believe if I'm the best person for the role, I'll be hired. That's always been my experience.

I applied for a job at 'The New York Times' many years ago, and felt correctly that my life depended on it.

I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.

Most hiring managers interview a lot of people. So many that they generally have to go back to their notes to remember candidates - the exception being candidates with a strong hook. Sometimes these hooks are how people dress or their personality, but the best hook is a strong story that's work-related.

Fortunately, I've never had a job.

My go-to line when it's the resume game is that I'm either Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds.

Confining a resume to a single page is good advice for anyone.

So I went and got my first job at 28, trying to think what I am going to do, I've never worked for anybody, so I decided to go and write and send my CV off to everyone.

It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.

I hate interviews - but you have to do them.

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.

The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills.

Job-interviewing is just a skill. Like any skill, some people have more of a predisposition for it than others.

I think anyone about to leave one job not surprisingly would use their knowledge, their experience, their skills drawn from their previous positions to try and earn a living in the future. That's what happens in all interviews.

Fox would hire me in a minute. And believe it or not, CNN would, too.

In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.

When I got tired of going to school, I was kind of overqualified for a lot of jobs. Kind of underqualified for a lot of others.

No one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another .... The duties of all public officers are ... so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance.

So you want this fucking job.

There are real tricks to getting a job that I just don't like or understand - it feels too close to pandering. I've tried it, but it doesn't work.

Employers are looking for individuals who can tell a story about what they bring to a particular company, and people with an understanding of that have a much better chance of getting to where they want to go.

I always encourage people to learn the basics and nail the basics. Take the time to customize your resume and cover letter to reflect your qualifications, your research on the specific company and position, and how you believe you can add value.

There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an offer' or trying not to be eliminated. I recommend the second approach.