On 14.09.15 17:17, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
      
   I don't understand how it ever could.   
      
   Apparently, you also need to undergo drug testing when you take on a job   
   in the United States. Is this true?   
      
   They don't have that here in the United Kingdom, I note.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >> 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.   
      
   My guess is that company margins are being squeezed these days, and they   
   want to be able to jump on anybody and everybody who they perceive might   
   not fit HR's ideal.   
      
   A friend of mine here in London has noted that this is happening in his   
   company and that several very good and sought-after candidates with   
   valuable experience were simply passed over, because the moron in HR   
   simply had no idea what she was looking at when they examined those   
   individuals' CVs.   
      
   It would appear that there was either no guidance from the department   
   seeking employees or that HR simply did not listen.   
      
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