On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 10:46:56 AM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > In other cases, AIUI, companies are completely handing over hiring and   
   > sacking decisions to HR. That is, HR choose candidates and decide on   
   > whether or not a person should be chosen or not for a position, rather   
   > than a manager or his deputy.   
      
   It was recently reported that in NYC, one's credit history can no longer count   
   toward hiring decisions.  That is a good thing.   
      
      
   > In many cases those people in HR have little to no understanding of a   
   > certain position and what it actually entails or what a manager may   
   > actually be seeking. This has had very bad results for a company in some   
   > cases.   
      
   So true.  For some reason, HR officials have a lot of power these days.   
      
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