Job Search Quotes

Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.

I've been blessed over the years and I want to help guys to feel good about themselves when they're going for job interviews. You walk in for a job interview, you feel good about yourself, you look the part, you get that confidence going.

I'd quit my job at a production company and was like, 'I'm going to be a writer...' I became a temp, and it was the mid-nineties, when there was the Internet boom, and the normal group of graduates ready to fill in didn't exist.

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

I know that's a vague answer, but you just have to really pedal yourself around town and attempt to not get too discouraged. There is also a different kind of challenge for women, as they graduate into their 30s. It's hard. There isn't as much work. You're suddenly the aunt, or something. So, it's a process.

Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.

I wanted to quit Nichia. I didn't care about anything. It was OK for them to fire me. I was not afraid of anything.

We need to focus on jobs.

Americans overwhelmingly believe that Americans who want to do jobs, who are looking for work, should have a fair opportunity, if not a preference, to do that work.

I moved to New York at 17 to go to school. At 24, I moved back to Ithaca, then moved back to New York at 28.

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.

When I left university with a history degree, I had no idea what I wanted to do, and I was terrified of accidentally ending up in the wrong career.

No one wanted to hire me. No newspaper, television station, television network that I worked for ever wanted to hire me.

I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.

I was almost ready to call it quits - sick of doing a job and then being back on the unemployment line and trying to make ends meet. But I loved acting and didn't know what else to do.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

I try to keep my own career in check, but when I came to America there were very few people wrestling.

If you get too excited about any one interview, you're making a mistake, because people do cancel.

I've always worked in cinemas or cafes to make money because it turns out freelance journalism is quite hard to get into.

Well, any time they would like to take over this job, they can have it.

You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.

When I got out, there weren't too many job opportunities for snipers.

Most people who graduate from college think they have to make a perfect choice. Is it Goldman Sachs? Is it Google? Is it Apple? They think that their first job is going to determine their career, if not their life.

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

Stop looking for the 'right' career, and start looking for a job. Any job. Forget about what you like. Focus on what's available. Get yourself hired. Show up early. Stay late. Volunteer for the scut work. Become indispensable. You can always quit later, and be no worse off than you are today.