I've had moments where I've found the perfect candidate for an impossibly hard-to-fill position. There's an excitement that comes over a recruiter - like a dopamine rush.  

I am quite sure it's the inner desire to win the seemingly unwinnable that amps me up. Or maybe it's the anticipated relief of being able to focus on something else?  

I would have welcomed an opportunity to work on another position. This particular role required several skills that one does not find in a single individual. Highly technical, artistic, creative, and flexible - this position needed someone that could flawlessly execute four different skills, and each skill requiring the equivalent education of a college degree. 

We needed this individual for the launch of a new program. The hiring manager hoped this new program would answer an outspoken customer need. To find this individual was to find the diamond in the rough. I found one!

I can recall the anxiety leading up to the moment when I would present the musician to the hiring manager. Palms sweating, quick breathing, and my brain double-checking every last aspect of the individual I meant to show against the job requirements - perfect alignment.  

Then the moment of presentation.

- Continued tomorrow.