With this recession dragging on the more I speak with HR personnel the more I loathe them.  They have absolutely no idea what to look for and how to discern talent and how a skill set can fit a position.

Recently I received a call from an HR person looking to speak to me about a New Business Development position.  My background has ERP experience (technology) and I have over 11 years in B to B experience at the highest level.  The position in question was in technology, and while it varied from my experience, was not too far removed.  I pride myself on my ability to generate revenue and adapt to a new industry, as I have done so a few times in my career with great success.

This HR IDIOT starts me out with “well, I reviewed your resume and don’t see a fit but maybe you can tell me something about yourself that doesn’t appear on your resume”.  How in God’s name do you respond to a person whose sole purpose on this planet is to oblige law so to give the appearance of even handedness.  They have no practical experience and fall under the “Those who can do, do.  Those who can’t teach”.  But in this case it’s “those who can’t work in HR”.

Well, I politely answered in a manner fitting a pea brained individual simply filling a position mandated by the state.  However, had I known how the rest of this phone interview was going to go, and knowing that she just didn’t understand how my skill set translated quite nicely, I wouldn’t answered something like this:  “I dont’ think someone of my level should have to qualify myself to someone who cannot assimilate the simplest of skill set transference  and business concepts”.

Then I should have hung up on her and tried to call back someone in upper management.  And while I know this would’ve been a fruitless exercise, I would’ve been spared the embarrassment of being castrated by some pea brained moron who should be the one on my side of the phone asking me for a job.