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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do HR people lord it over applicants like they're the ones making decisions? The person's supervisor, at every company I've worked at, made the decision and them the new hire processes paperwork etc with HR. HR does busywork and does NOT have any influence.[/quote]

Not OP, but I do HR. I do lots of other things because it's a small company, but I'm our only HR person. I've never had an opportunity or a reason to "lord it over applicants" but I absolutely make the decision regarding 90+% of our applicants. Most people who apply for a position are never seen by the manager in charge of that position, because I make the first two cuts. I review all the application and ditch most of them. Then I interview the most qualified ones-- usually 6 or 7, depending on the haul of apps. Then I pass the three MOST qualified of those on to the manager who makes the final decision. You think managers have time to sort through hundreds of applications?? No. That's what HR is for.

So if you feel as if an HR manager has lorded something over you, my guess is that you're in the bottom tier of applicants, that you called and emailed incessantly until you were finally told "I'm sorry, this position requires a specific skill set that is not evident in your application materials", and thus decided that some dumb bitch in HR has it in for you because you're so awesome and she's so lame and obviously bitter about her life of busywork. [/quote]actually, HR is probably struggles the most in the tech and science fields.  they usually have limited knowledge in the subject matter and it shows in their "pre-selections".[/quote]

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