Considering the general cost of recruitment and the ramifications of getting it wrong. Why do people
without any recruitment experience handle the process?
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 11:40, 3 replies)

All of the recruitment agencies I have ever used
make estate agents seem honest, able and hard working in comparison.
( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 11:51, closed)

Obviously I do not mean recruitment consultants/agents - who are all cunts.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 11:58, closed)

I find it odd how many places recruit people without any contact with someone who 'knows the job' at all.
A quick grilling from someone who does the job is usually quite effective at weeding out bullshitters.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 11:54, closed)

That is also a problem.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 11:58, closed)

It's because...
...people like to think that recruitment selection is an easy thing that anyone can do and one that requires no special skills. It isn't, as you point out.

Please note, 99.9% of recruitment agencies don't specialise in recruitment selection, they specialise in sales. They promise the earth to get a few good candidates onto their books then promise the earth to get the rest of their (not very good) candidates in front of interviewers. They rely on being able to throw lots of candidates at any given position, knowing that the interviewers probably aren't all that great at interviewing. Shit sticks, being the founding principle.

And HR aren't recruitment selection experts either; they are experts at HR i.e. cost management.

Basically, 99% of British business relies on most people either being shit but enthusiastic (for which read "passionate"), or knowing their stuff but being entirely cynical (most probably because they are being managed by someone shit but enthusiastic).
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 13:33, closed)