What is it about football?
So, what is it about football that makes these people think about it so much. I think I know.Dreams Test New InfoIn Landscapes of the Night, Christopher Evans, postulates that during dreams we process information gained during the day and then, using these updates, test the mental programs we use to survive. Cats, for instance, dream about hunting mice and if you reconnect the brain to the body -- the link is largely cut off during dreams -- you'll see the sleeping cat hopping around chasing invisible rodents.A Recruiter's LifeNow, think of how recruiters describe their work. As a War for Talent. Or head hunting. It's a fierce battle to locate and win the hearts and minds of very good, highly skilled personnel.Isolation TankThat's why, when, you get a recruiter tucked into the couch, alone with a couple of brewskies, it makes sense to find football on the TV. The situation is like a homemade isolation chamber, an obviously hallucinogenic space, that generates a state not unlike sleep. The TV becomes the screen of the mind, and on it, the football players are making, metaphorically, the same type of moves recruiters have to make every day of the week. When recruiters are in this "zone" there is almost no separation between their egos and those of their dream teams.And, in watching the players fight their battles, they are able to articulate their own recent experience and, unconsciously, work out the problems of their own daily lives.Recruiters, Not CrazySo, let's return to my question. Are recruiters' mental? Maybe, but not because they like football. This is simply an example of the mind seeking a stage on which it can sort out ideas and practice activities which are fundamental to its well-being. But, then, what about the warlike quality of recruiters' lives? Is there something wrong with that? Well, this posting's long enough. I'll only add that Anthony J Meaney has a recurring dream about recruiting. Every few nights, he sees his favourite football team making seven good placements and then seven bad ones. But he can't figure out what it means.Canadian Headhunter
Wed, 12/14/2005 - 7:00am
it's like how yous guys think about hockey. It's definitely a competitive thing. The challenge of finding that great candidate is like being lined up at the 45, there's a blitz, the QB breaks out of the pocket; he breaks a tackle, finds a hole and runs for the touchdown. It's not that different except the outfits.
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