In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.  If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them, maybe you can hire…the A-Team.

For the late 20-somethings and early/ mid 30s amongst us, you’ll easily recall them. And with three years in the making and nearly 24 years of avid fans patiently waiting, the A-Team movie finally hits our cinema screens. The awesome quartet of Face, BA, Murdoch and their sophisticated, cigar-smoking leader, Hannibal will once again grace us with that all too familiar storyline…

Someone is in need of help (usually a damsel in distress), to fight off some nasty villains. For no apparent reason Hannibal gets a tip from one of the team that someone needs their help. He arranges a meeting in which he turns up in disguise to suss out his new client. I must admit I don’t ever recall an episode where he rejected a job because of insufficient skills or credit. So an agreement is made and the A-Team are again employed!

Here is really where the plot thickens. The A-Team conducts a stake out in order to let the aggressors find out who they are. After a series of fisticuffs, B.A throwing someone over a car and a few thousand rounds fired without actually hitting anyone, the aggressors run off to report back to their now very angry employer.

The next scene then involves one or more of the A-Team being kidnapped and locked away in a shed/bunker/garage that often has enough tools and material to build a tank. Lucky that…

Clearly, they escape, but let’s not take anything away as they are after all a crack commando unit. So once free, they fight back, gain power back to the good guys and another successful mission is complete.

I suppose you are wondering what this has to do with recruitment. Well, to be honest, not an awful lot,  however with this long-awaited film going on general release today, it just got us at Morgan McKinley thinking drama and excitement aside, the A-Team exemplifies a group of people who work exceptionally well together as a team to meet targets and achieve results on deadline. They move from one successful project to the next deploying this effective strategy and enjoying their work at the same time. It’s not often that we recommend that our candidates should head to the cinema for tips on making themselves more employable, however on this occasion it might just be a good plan.

I love it when a plan comes together…

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