That's wht my point was..

to quote u
''Btw, most of the HR people do know what they're doing - at least the HR Head of Dept. NB: HR mainly reports with recommendations - bosses decide''

HR mainly reports with recommendations - that is wht my actual point is , when they short-list and recommend they dont do all ''justice'' by priortising and forward the CV's of qualified perons but mostly of ''their''people.

Anyways...this is what I wanted to say ...do HR recommend the right person for the right job to their superiors ? The applicants at such companies are at the mercy of these junior HR inexperienced personnel.