50 Inspiring Recruitment Quotes to Motivate Your Hiring Strategy

"I’ve learned over the years that, when you have really good people, you don’t have to baby them. By expecting them to do great things, you can get them to do great things."

- Steve Jobs

"The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world."

- Steve Jobs

"I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way."

- Lee Iacocca

"I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies."

- Lawrence Bossidy

"It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do."

- Steve Jobs

"Hiring is the most important people function you have, and most of us aren’t as good at it as we think. Refocusing your resources on hiring better will have a higher return than almost any training program you can develop."

- Laszlo Bock

"Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth. Hiring was – and still is – the most important thing we do."

- Marc Benioff

"Great vision without great people is irrelevant."

- James C. Collins

"People are not your most important asset. The right people are."

- James C. Collins

"Seek candidates who want to change the world. By finding those who are passionate about making a difference, we can create a workforce that is driven to achieve remarkable things."

- Marc Benioff

"Recruiting allows you to have an impact not just on the organization, but on the lives of the people who join it."

- Steve Jobs

"Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth. Hiring was—and still is—the most important thing we do."

- Marc Benioff

"Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth. Hiring was - and still is - the most important thing we do."

- Marc Bennioff

"Nothing we do is more important than hiring people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not strategies."

- Lawrence Bossidy

"Sourcing and finding people is the most important. You can’t recruit, message, or network with someone you haven’t found."

- Glen Cathey

"Opportunities don’t happen. You create them."

- Chris Grosser

"The greatest asset of a company is its people."

- Jorge Paulo Lemann

"Hiring is the most important people function you have, and most of us aren’t as good at it as we think."

- Laszlo Bock

"If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears."

- Simon Sinek

"Time spent on hiring is time well spent."

- Robert Half

"Hiring the wrong people is the fastest way to undermine a sustainable business."

- Kevin J. Donaldson

"A modern recruiter is one who is targeted, builds relationships and knows how to not only find candidates but also get them to respond!"

- Stacy Donovan Zapar

"The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born—that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born."

- Warren Bennis

"Recruiting should be viewed as a business partner, someone who is critical to the success of the business."

- Mathew Caldwell

"Human Resources isn’t a thing we do. It’s the thing that runs our business."

- Steve Wynn

"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

"Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to."

- Richard Branson

"If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen."

- James Sinegal

"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

"Your employer brand is never what you say it is. It’s what your employees and candidates say it is."

- Jillian Einck

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

"Hiring the right people takes time, the right questions, and a healthy dose of curiosity."

- Richard Branson

"The talent you attract is directly proportional to the quality of the questions you ask."

- Lou Adler

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."

- Michael Jordan

"The hardest thing in life is to find the right people to hire."

- Elon Musk

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

- Steve Jobs

"Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends."

- Walt Disney

"To win the marketplace, you must first win the workplace."

- Doug Conant

"The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in this area."

- Bill Gates

"HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?"

- Jack Welch

"Hire character. Train skill."

- Peter Schutz

"People are an Organisation's most valuable asset and the key to its success."

- Dave Bookbinder

"Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t want to."

- Sir Richard Branson

"Never forget that behind every resume is a person who deserves respect and consideration throughout the hiring process."

- Jeff Moore

"The quality of your candidate pool is a direct reflection of the quality of your hiring process."

- John Vlastelica

"Allowing teams to learn and grow is key to success. As recruiters, we have the power to enable personal and professional development, which ultimately leads to individual and organizational growth."

- Kelly Jones

"Recruiters bring an incredible level of empowerment and value to the table. By nurturing talent, we not only shape the future of individuals but also contribute to the success of organizations."

- Anne Carrigan

"Hire character, train skill."

- Peter Schutz

"Recruiting should be viewed as business partner, someone who is critical to the success of the business."

- Stacy Zapar

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

"Hire for attitude, train for skill."

- Tom Peters

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Be curious. Use data. Leverage imagination. Be an expert. Be an enthusiast. Be authentic. Know your competition."

- Jim Stroud

"Bet on people, not on strategies."

- Lawrence Bossidy

"Hire people who are smarter than you are—whose talents surpass yours—and give them opportunities for growth. It’s the smart thing to do and it is a sign of high personal humility."

- Bruna Martinuzzi

"If you can hire tough, you can manage easy."

- Sue Tetzlaff

"If you’re good to your staff when things are going well, they’ll rally when times go bad."

- Mary Kay Ash

"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

"The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people."

- Bill Gates

"Hiring the right people takes time, the right questions and a healthy dose of curiosity."

- Richard Branson

"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."

- Albert Einstein

"Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people."

- Steve Jobs

"The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything."

- Warren Buffett

"You can’t teach employees to smile. They have to smile before you hire them."

- Arte Nathan

"If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur."

- Red Adair

"You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb."

- Andrew Carnegie

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

- Albert Pujols

"Believe that there are no limitations, no barriers to your success – you will be empowered and you will achieve."

- Ursula Burns

"Emphasize the importance of empathizing with candidates to create an enticing process."

- Andrew MacAskill

"The applicant is the centre of our universe."

- Janice Bryant Howroyd

"Your human talent is your most important talent."

- Carla Harris

"Treat your employees right, so they won't use your internet to search for a new job."

- Mark Zuckerberg

"If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play."

- John Cleese

"Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can’t tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture."

- Howard Schultz

"To hire is to take people higher…"

- Haresh Sippy

"The applicant is the center of our universe."

- Janice Bryant Howroyd

"Organizations have a responsibility to provide work and opportunities for all, regardless of background."

- Joanne Lockwood

"Build relationships with candidates and entice them to respond."

- Stacy Donovan Zapar

"You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind."

- Joyce Meyer

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

- Gary Player

"Recruiting is easier when you’re wearing comfy pants."

- Amy Miller

"Do epic shit."

"The people you surround yourself with determine your success."

"A recruiter’s job isn’t to place people in jobs; it’s to place people in careers they love."

"Recruiting is both an art and a science—one that requires persistence, empathy, and resilience."

"You are not just filling jobs, you are changing lives."

"Good recruiting makes companies stronger. Great recruiting changes lives."

"A great recruiter understands that recruitment is not transactional but relational."

"Always treat your candidates like they are your next clients."

"If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs."

"The success of your hiring depends on the strength of your recruiting process."

"A great recruiter understands the value of relationships and the art of timing."

"Find people who are not just good at what they do, but who are great at who they are."

"Your job is not to fill a role; it’s to find the future."