Do personal interests influence the wider company recruitment process?

I often work with service leavers as they go through the process of finding a job back in civilian life and so see both sides as an experienced (former) corporate team builder. I know (perhaps knew) what model of candidate I wanted to find for my teams. I now see a whole new market place opening as up to 24K service leavers join the work place ranks every year.

I guess my simple question, to gage wider opinions and experiences, is:-

If you were against current UK (and allied) operations in Afghanistan (or similar),  you are a professional recruiter for a corporate or like, and a service leaver was put forward for the position he / she is qualified to do well,  what would you do?

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