Walking down the streets of Detroit Ray spots a crowd of people standing around a lonely soap box. After a moments hesitation he walks over and makes his way through the crowd, then hops on top the box. He can already see the confusion on people's face of who this is standing in front of them and why he was standing on the soap box. Ray clears his throat and begins to answer those questions...

Hello ladies and gentlemen, I am not new to these shores nor here to waste your time, if you feel otherwise please leave as I've already had a hard enough time talking myself into standing up here today. Now my bloodline has never felt that going to the streets to speak was a wise thing to do, quite the opposite actually. Yes sometimes you can spot me in the crowd listening and on occasion throwing my 2 cents in but being the man on the soap box, never saw it as me. I've always felt I'd be ripped a new arsehole for my lack of structure in sentences and the fact I stick to layman's terms. None the less I've come here today to speak to you about families, and get your opinions on what makes a player want to join a specific one. Be it a new player to our lovely shores or just a kin returning, what has always been going through your heads when deciding on a family.

We all know that in this thing of ours family is everything. They will go the extra mile for you and will be the ones standing by you in the darkest of times. Once you join there's no leaving, yes there's certain situations where a CL will release an associate for transfer but once your made you only leave in a casket. So again what goes through your head when making this big decision?

Are you looking for the family with the most friends of yours in it or a family where you know the CL or hands. Maybe you've had the honor of already working under them in the past and love how they ran things.
Is there anytime where you choose the family that's going to bring you the most success over all the others?
Do you actually read the invite messages Men and Women of honor send you when you arrive or do you just delete them and find your own family?
If you do read them what catches your eye, some role play, them making you a offer you can't refuse, or just them being straight forward with you?

Welcome to tha' streets, my friend. 

What attributes do you personally look for when findin' new work? 

I've always liked to think that there is a particular way of operatin' that suits everyone in this life. Be it appearances in tha' streets, heavy social interaction, dedicated goal driven types or even a place that jus' lets you do you. 

This is somethin' to consider when recruitin', and somethin' I will highlight to potential recruits when we first engage. There is no point me convincin' an individual to join an operation which they have no interest or association to the way we work. At the very least you want someone who can tolerate your way of workin'; at the very most, someone who is passionate for your cause. 

What you don't want is someone who will quickly decide 'dat they have no intention of committin' time to your way of workin' and throws the towel in. 

So for me, when I first started lookin' for work I looked for someone who offers that engagement, who recognisable skills, potential and weaknesses and will work with you to support your development. 

It's also interestin' to try workin' with someone who your line hasn't crossed before. Maybe they were on opposin' sides previously, or just someone whose path you haven't walked.