its because of the irrelevant on-paper requirements of the human rights departments. its beyond irrelevant for a single department to be able to set entry standards for all departments. since hr dept. cant be an expert on any other technical branch, they dont know zit about what requirements to set. therefore, they just read the references and certificates that are put in resumes, and get people to interviews. had it not been for the relevant dept. heads that interview the candidate, lots of crappy candidates would actually be hired. what should be done is to relieve human resources dept from hirings and firings. these should be performed by individual departments themselves.