What better way to spend a weekend than by thinking about your corporate recruitment strategy?

For those of you now rolling your eyes, roll them back this way and press play:



The Green Dot, a Deloitte Film Festival finalist sneaks more corporate recruitment tips into two and one half entertaining minutes than most highly paid advisors can eek out in a 90 minute presentation.

For example:

* Jargon & Acronyms Are The Language Of The Bluff
Virtually anyone can used jargon and acronyms in a way that sounds persuasive. Don’t be fooled by a recruit who sounds convincing because they talk the talk – make them prove they walk the walk. Anyone can say they helped ‘integrate synergy’ – but proving results is a true super-power.

* Team Work Is Undervalued…Ensure It Is Not Underused By Your Recruit
Does your recruit instantly take all the credit for past accomplishments, or is he quick to point out the virtue of the teams that have supported him in the past? While you want your recruit to be confident enough to share past successes, there is a fine line between a confident force and a cocky distraction. Quiz your recruit on the results he or she helped past team members achieve, rather their own results, to ensure this virtue is in place.

* Adaptability Is Key
Recruiting, by its very nature, will change a small part of the world. After all, you are bringing in a new force to a new environment. Can your recruit quickly adapt to any new world, as our superhero does when he realizes he has chosen a superhero outfit on Hawaiian day?

* Selfless Nature Supersedes Strive For Stardom
The road to glory is very rarely fueled solely by the strive for stardom. (And those that have used this fuel on their path will oftentimes be those who flame out quickly once reaching the top.) You are looking for a recruit selfless enough to know that the success of the team and the company is the ultimate goal. Look for a recruit with the rare super power of selflessness.

* Superheroes Enjoy What They Do
Some recruits will say nearly anything to secure a position. Much like a bargain shopper dumping a favorite store for a lower price, these recruits will easily be swayed away from a new job by the next ’something better’ that comes along. Your ideal recruit will fit into their new role like a superhero fits into a cape. Really question your recruit to determine if they are a fit for this position. Will they take to it like a superhero takes to the open sky, or will they distracted by the next fluffy cloud?

Consider these lessons and the idea of a “superhero search” to improve your human resources strategy.