The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the Hiring Business

Re:The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the... by tptacek on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @01:35PM (#5487593)

I'm not sure I've ever known of a tech company that had a centralized HR department making hiring decisions. Mind you, I've worked for tech companies that had HR departments that thought they had a say in hiring, but that was a self-serving delusion on their part.

I think the tech industry, like most industries, does do hiring by having domain experts evaluate candidates. That's why hoary old books like "What Color Is Your Parachute" focus so intently on getting you to identify the real hiring managers at companies.

I definitely don't think the tech industry does hiring well. I think that's one of the huge, open, lucrative "meta-problems" in the tech industry.

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Re:The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the... by rayiner on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @04:02PM (#5488666)

One place I worked had HR do screening interviews. It was like a resume-grep, except in person. They asked me if I knew SQL. I said no, other than the briefest exposure in class. Ultimately got hired anyway, but never came close to working on any SQL. I'm not sure we even had any SQL running anywhere in the company at the time.

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