Thoughts and reflections : Recruitment strategies from the K9
world By Sanjaya Gunaratne  Recruitment within the traditional
organizational setting is a topic which needs no introduction. 
It has been crucial as organizations strive to get and harness
the best talent in the market.  It has been studied, stripped
down and taken to bits.  Many a debate has been waged on it. 
Here we take a look at two completely different fields of
operation and decipher what the similarities are and also about
some basic principles which I believe should be adhered to. It
has been my contention that there are always certain principles
that are common to a practice irrespective of the field or
industry or dare I say the species that it operates in and with.
In the realm of the K9 world, recruitment is so crucial that
without exaggeration everything depends on this initial
selection.  Although it is not very well known, many
similarities and lessons can be gleaned by taking a look at the
selection of dogs for police and milita