25 Movie Quotes to Inspire Your Recruiting Practices
1. On getting creepy with a candidate.
- “My Precious” –The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
2. When you ask,“Do you have any questions for me?”during the interview.
- “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a d—n.” –Gone With the Wind
3. Your attitude going into the job offer.
- “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” –The Godfather
4. Take the offer. Take the offer. Take the offer.
- “Go ahead, make my day.” –Sudden Impact
5. They didn’t take the offer.
- “I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.” –On the Waterfront
6. They did take the offer.
- “I’m the king of the world!” –Titanic
7. How you feel the first time you do a video interview.
- “Alright Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” –Sunset Blvd.
8. On recruiting and HR conferences.
- “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” –The Godfather II
9. First night at the conference.
- “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” –All About Eve
10. The morning after your first night at the conference, when you’ve forgotten your badge five hotels away.
- “Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!” –The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
11. Everyday with your hiring manager.
- “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” –Cool Hand Luke
12. On entry-level positions that require a degree, two-years experience and magic wand.
- “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.” –Network
13. How you feel when you finally get how to use your new ATS.
- “Bond. James Bond.” –Dr. No
14. How you feel when all the resumes come in from that “wider net” that everyone was telling you to cast.
- “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” –Jaws
15. What one sourcer said to the other sourcer.
- “Round up the usual suspects.” –Casablanca
16. How you feel about the company career page.
- “If you build it, he will come.” –Field of Dreams
17. On your interview waiting room.
- “I see dead people” –The Sixth Sense
18. Your client, on every candidate ever.
- “Well, nobody’s perfect.” –Some Like it Hot
19. You finally got the company Twitter page up.
- “It’s alive. It’s alive!” –Frankenstein
20. When you accidentally tweet from the wrong account.
- “Houston, we have a problem.” –Apollo 13
21. On interviewing someone half your age.
- “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well do ya, punk?” –Dirty Harry
22. Referral!
- “You had me at ‘Hello’” –Jerry Maguire
23. When a late candidate’s interview runs over your lunch break.
- “As God as my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!” –Gone with the Wind
24. When the candidate asks about drug testing.
- “Hasta la vista, baby.” –Terminator II
25. On hiring STEM candidates.
- “Open the pod bay doors, Hal!” –2001: A Space Odyssey