Actually I’m more like a scout than a recruiter. I find people that would fit into a Utopian City-State. I check to see that the candidate has the right stuff and the right desires. I mainly recruit athletes, builders, engineers, architects, artists, performers, programmers, craftsmen, teachers, performers and people that are followers of a unique religion. All the people that I place on my candidate list are people that are disaffected from other groups that make a pretense to a symbiotic relationship with the candidate but have a hidden agenda to empower themselves regardless of who gets hurt. Most of the people I scout are the victims of the surreptitious power struggles of people that do not have the ability to succeed honestly or meritoriously without stepping on others.
Normally the people I place on my candidate list have an innate ability to remove randomity from a group. Their presence stabilizes their team, group, company or family. They are the team players that play defense as well as offense for the benefit of the team rather than self glorification. These people are the ones that step up when the ‘stars’ are injured and lead their team to victory with sparkling two way play. As engineers or performers, they step right into an organization, with very little instruction, and just start doing their job. They perform better this way. They are better leading themselves than being led. As a soccer, hockey or basketball player, they would run onto the field and fill the gap left by an injured player. They would know exactly what is needed, do it, and do it well.
A game of chess is an accumulation of small advantages that the experienced player can combine to create victory for himself. In a similar way, the people I scout have these small abilities that when combined produce a superior society. These people like the challenge of a Utopian City-State. They rise to their maximum potential. They are happy in this environment. Their cheerfulness and enthusiasm infects their peers. Their good spirit is contagious. Good health is a by-product of their happy ways. Slight health problems seem to melt away in a proper environment.
A person cannot be totally happy if he sees suffering in others, especially in those to whom he has reliance or vice versa. That’s why this job means so much to me. This job fulfills my need to reach out and help others.
Have to go. We have an emergency in the life of one of our best candidates…
You should assume that this is fiction. To be continued…