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Old 05-06-2016, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Spaniard living in Slovakia
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Take me to the days when HR didn´t exist. Most useless approach to get a job ever. Just they have given me disgust, frustrating. I HATE THEM!
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Old 05-06-2016, 12:25 PM
 
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so much easier with internet today than before internet

all you guys seem confused about what it was like before the internet, everything you hate about the internet, it was still happening back then, but it was done on paper
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I'm in my late 20s, but I'd much rather deal with the days of pre-internet. No stupid personality tests, computer software screening resumes, or tons of BS postings to weed through.
no they were still done, and fyi, computers existed before the internet and so did the HR department, employers always screened one form or another, computer or human

what you guys hate about "office personalities", guess what, it was worse back then because computers are "non-partial" and don't "judge" based on appearances. try to get screened by someone and hoping the person across table wasn't having a bad day
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Old 05-12-2016, 08:24 AM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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My first real job out of graduate school was at a public agency in 1975, and while there was no resume, there was a 4 page application to fill out, a 2 hour written exam, an "Oral Board" which involved questions from 4 people (one from HR) over an hour, just to be ranked on the hiring list. Then for any opening, only the top 3 on the list were interviewed by the hiring manager. They were still doing it that way when I left in 1992. Where I am now, people must apply through the website and upload the resume, but it's a far easier and simple process. There is no screening by the computer. HR only verifies that the resume shows the candidate meeting the minimum requirements, as the hiring manager I decide who gets interviewed. For my last hire, HR questioned the 2 years experience for the candidate I liked best, but since she hit that mark the day after the interview I was able to hire her.
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