Is a purple squirrel a) a diving board trick, b) a cocktail, or c) a rare job candidate with all the right qualifications? The answer is c. There have, however, been reports of purple squirrels of the sciurine variety. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Purple Squirrel”
Grant, do you know what a purple squirrel is?
No.
I just learned this term from Jeff Lutley.
He’s one of our listeners in New York City, and he does headhunting, you know, recruiting.
And he says that he’s finding more and more in his business that people are using the term purple squirrel to refer to a person who’s an unlikely job candidate with exactly the right education, experience, qualifications, everything that just fits perfectly.
A purple squirrel is sort of like, you know, a rare bird.
Oh, I see.
A black swan.
Although I like purple squirrel.
Workplace language.
It’s colorful.
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