college bribery is a sign of hr failure??

Could the bribery and corruption controversy at the college be symptomatic of an HR failure?  Evil HR Lady Suzanne Lucas claims this could definitely be the case.  Lucas takes the position in her latest article published on Inc.com that "through recruiters, human resources make fancy degrees far more important than they really are."She says HR has made it a habit of letting "good" schools decide who's hardworking and smart. Essentially, HR lets the colleges decide who to hire on the basis of the degree, and which college or university logo is at the top.  Lucas goes into much more depth and has a few other explanations why the human resources crisis is linked.

Yes, some schools ' academic rigor is higher than others'. That is true. At some colleges you'll get a better education than at others. That is simple, too. What's not so clear, though, is why getting your child into the "right," school, is worth huge bribes and risking jail. And, right now, I'll tell you why: Poor HR.

Human Resources, through recruiters (and to be honest, many people think these functions are entirely separate, but I've never seen in-house recruiters who don't report to HR), make these fancy degrees far more important than they really are.

See, degrees are what we call "proxies," for the ability to do hard work and intelligence. We know (or we used to know) that if you have a Harvard degree you're clever and hardworking. We're letting the admission office in Harvard make the determination that you're smart and then, once they do so, it's written on your forehead for ever.

I definitely do not dispute this logic: no organization has the time or would like to spend the money on carefully checking the real in-depth knowledge of any nominee. We let it do to us by the college. But then, after the first task, what happens really exposes weaknesses.If somebody comes from the local university no-name we give them an entry-level position. If someone comes from a big name school, we put them into the developmental rotational program of our future leaders so that they can learn all areas of the business quickly.

It's not what you know for a lot of jobs but who you do. One of the main tips for getting a job is to avoid the recruiters and try to reach the hiring manager straight away. This is working and I'm giving advice as well. But, have we stopped considering why this works and why it is so important to get into the "right" college?

Getting into the best schools is about having a good education, but also making the right connections. Not only do you have alumni in top positions who are willing to help out another, but you're automatically connected to their parents when you have the children of the rich and famous as your classmates. And the parents are people who already have influence and can bestow it on you if they do want.

Going to the right college means getting the right internships and getting the right internships means you get the right first job and having the right first job and a great network means your future is stable.

While, in favor of the individual with the right degree and the right connections, people who are genuinely brilliant and really worked hard at college get ignored. That is a fault in HR. We don't judge equally. We just aren't recruiting. Remove the advantages for the rich at work and you will no longer have to cheat your way into the right school.