It all went to racksh1t when they stopped calling themselves "Personnel Departments". I love winding up HR Depts by calling them "Personnel" - great fun; they hate it! Love winding 'em up even more for not spending their training budget and blowing their expenses budget. Never yet met one who understood finance (sorry, money!), tax, payroll and pension which is a tad worrying as well!
Sorry Sassy. but that recruitment "method" has been around for a long time in all manner of industries. Doesn't make it right though!
Cheers
Whirls