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I had a pre interview from someone from HR once and it was excruciating. They didn’t know wtf I was talking about and I had to repeat myself many times over for very well known tools in my field. Now that I am the one looking over resumes I would never want HR to screen anyone, because they can’t possibly know what makes a good candidate for every single position or even how to read qualifications correctly.

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JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
A good HR prescreen asks more about the fitment/personality of the person. I still think that should be up to the hiring manager because too many HR depts suffer from dunning-kruger and have too much power for a generally way too petty group of people.

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- PriorityMotif@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  HR is made up of lizard people. They have no business judging people’s personalities.
  
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  - JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Agreed, most are cancer.
    
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slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
In my previous role I was leading a department, constantly needing to hire people. After some terrible initial experience, I didn’t let HR touch any of the CVs in the system, nor give a call to anybody, I started doing evertyhing myself. I was much faster in hiring than my peers, and good candidates also responded much better to a manager calling them. It takes effort, but shortens hiring time and improves the process a lot. There are of course limits, I was doing this for 1-3 open positions at a time, no manager could do it for 10, but it was working for me.

Unless they have a dedicated HR person for a department/area that really learns the business and specializes, they are not going to be able to help hiring much.

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