"I'm not sure the Army breeds creative thinkers," said the personnel chief of a chemical company, who insisted on anonymity.

The previous personnel chief resigned after a scandal involving the company's dealings with its worker representatives.

"The workout was excellent," said a personnel chief from an American Football Conference team who requested anonymity for competitive reasons.

The executives in charge of manufacturing got $263,000, and the average personnel chief earned $217,000.

Michael A. Markman, who was the personnel chief, called her to a meeting.

They showed the tape to the team's personnel chief, Terry Donahue.

But Cowher's relationship with Tom Donahoe, the team's former personnel chief, had soured.

The personnel chief asked Hathcock if he would like to work in special services, sweeping out the gym and passing out basketballs.

"The tragic thing is that we have reached a point where things could fall off very quickly," said the personnel chief, Rafael Pineiro.

"We are beginning to recruit on an international market rather than a French market," Ms. Margot, the personnel chief, said.