Brief thought exercise: should recruiting really go through Human Resources?

Can the "compliance" brain reconcile with the "need for innovative talent" brain?

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Admittedly, often "HR" and "recruiting" are segmented -- that is, even though recruiters are listed as members of the HR department, they think of themselves differently (and others think of them differently) as more "traditional" HR members.

Here's the thing, though: global talent acquisit…