Recruiting Lessons from Avatar

There was a great op-ed in a recent LA Times written by Jonah Goldberg, called Avatar and the Faith Myth. Mr. Goldberg, obviously a very educated person, at times complaining about the superficiality of the movie and at others describing the religious implications of the movie, both positive and negative, depending on your point of view of God vs. god. As for me, I thought it was great entertainment. I must have missed the religion connection, since all I noticed was that it was filled with great recruiting tips.

If you haven’t seen the movie, what I’m about to discuss won’t affect your reaction to it, and if you have, you’ll probably appreciate it more. And whether you’ve seen the movie or not, or plan to, these recruiting tips have enormous value if you want to hire more passive candidates and early-birds on a continuous basis.