- 1 January 2020
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Kristie Perrotte
Perhaps you’ve heard the catchy recruitment quotes – people are your most valuable asset or we only work with the best – but never has this more pertinent than today when AI is transforming our workplaces, technology is allowing for greater flexibility and four generations are collaborating together. Add to that a deepening talent shortage and digital disruptors transforming the recruitment industry, and the talent dilemma is more acute than ever before.
As recruiters, we play a critical role – we help people find meaningful opportunities and we help companies access the talent they need to grow, thereby contributing to the wider economy and society. Constantly innovating and developing our strategies to find the very best talent will therefore be expected from recruiters today and in the future, so ensuring your inspired and motivated is essential.
We’ve compiled the following 18 catchy recruitment quotes you need to grow your business:
“Recruitment IS marketing. If you’re a recruiter nowadays and you don’t see yourself as a marketer, you’re in the wrong profession.”
Matthew Jeffrey, Global head of sourcing and employment brand at SAP
“Human Resources isn’t a thing we do. It’s the thing that runs our business.”
Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts Limited
“Sourcing and finding people is the most important. You can’t recruit, message, or network with someone you haven’t found.”
Glen Cathey, SVP Randstad
“Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”
Audrey Hepburn
“A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.”
Jim Collins
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”
Jim Collins, Good to Great
“The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world.”
Steve Jobs, Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Apple
“At most companies, average performers get an average raise. At Netflix, they get a generous severance package”
Reed Hastings
“Recruiting should be viewed as a business partner, someone who is critical to the success of the business.”
Mathew Caldwell
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down”
Oprah Winfrey
“Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth. Hiring was – and still is – the most important thing we do.”
Marc Benioff, Founder, Chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce
“We can raise the talent bar, but you have to do something different. You can’t do what you are currently doing today.”
Lou Adler, CEO of the Adler Group
“You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world…but it requires people to make the dream a reality.”
Walt Disney
“I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.”
Jeff Bezos
“Social media allows you to make your jobs more human. Tell talent about the people behind your products. trust your recruiters to be your digital warriors. Don’t second guess it”
Celinda Appleby, Director of Global Talent Attraction, Visa
“We can never fall short when it comes to recruiting, hiring, maintaining and growing our workforce. It is the employees who make our organization’s success a reality.”
Vern Dosch, CEO NISC
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
Wayne Gretzky, Canadian Hockey Player
If you’d like to learn more about how inbound marketing can help you attract, recruit and retain the talent you need to grow your business as well as how the leading recruiters are leveraging recruitment marketing to find more candidates, contact Thrive RMO for a consultation.
