It's illegal to hire or fire anybody because of their race, appearance, or sexual orientation, but in Hollywood, ironically, it's the reason people will hire or not hire you.
If you want to stop illegal immigration, you have to make it so that - so that the people that hire the illegal immigrants will not be in a position to hire them.
Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.
Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.
I think great bosses hire great people. 'A' people hire 'A' people, but 'B' people hire 'C' people; they're worried they might be shown up... they're concerned that that person might make them look bad.
I ask the clergy why don't I see myself represented in leadership? And I'm told, and this happens quite a bit, "We don't think about race when we hire. We just hire the best person for the job."
More importantly, if you are in a position to hire, hire a veteran. They will be the best employees you have.
Don't hire for the sake of hiring. Hire because there is no other way to do what you want to do.
... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.
As part of the process by which you hire me, you hire me. You just don't hire an hour of me to do a performance.
I hire a lot of hosts, reporters, producers, and I hire people who care about the news.
I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.
The most important thing is that you hire people who complement you and are better than you in specific areas. Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players.
Steve Jobs has a saying that A players hire A players; B players hire C players; and C players hire D players. It doesn't take long to get to Z players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.
You'll have to hire people to expand your business. But it's a good discipline to really question if you need each and every hire.
If you're creative, they let you be the showrunner, producer. The first thing my partner and I did as producers was hire ourselves as directors - because who else would hire me?
Usually directors hire me because I'm what they are looking for. But once in a while, and it's very rare, they will hire me and then try to make me over.