Natalie Zea Quotes

I never could get a proper job.

When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building.

And so I'm still giving some thought - I will transition hopefully into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.

When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

I'm always trying to look for different roles.

I was scouted working at the register at McDonald's in Melbourne, Australia. I worked there as my first job, and a guy walked in and gave me his card. I was 16. I was skeptical, but I looked it up when I got home, and it was legitimate.

I've worked for a long time to get myself in a position where maybe I'd be fortunate enough to land one of the big jobs.

People often ask me whether I plan to apply for a job after an MBA, but I tell them it is just to gain knowledge.

I learn a lot in interviews, I learn about how careers differ.

It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well.

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

My agent in Sweden used to send off interview tapes but I decided to take it upon myself and come to London to visit casting directors which is when things first started taking off for me. I love Sweden but the industry out here is quite small so when I was given the chance to go internationally I took it.

I interned at the NFL Network while I was in college, but I have not had an internship or another job other than football in a very long time.

A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.

I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.

The harsh reality is that if you are middle-aged, write computer code for a living, and earn a six-figure salary, you're headed for the unemployment lines. Your market value declines as you age, and it becomes harder and harder to get a job.

Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them can't find the work they studied for, or any work at all. So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?