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It's both. They're focusing on the sourcing part, which is commendable, but I'd still like companies to engage a better filter. The one most have now is the equivalent to trying to hammer square pegs into round holes with bit of wood they happened to find.

Unfortunately, changing that appears to be a very tricky social problem. It's going to take a recruiter (or recruiting company) with such a great reputation and track record that companies trust that recruiter's judgement in personnel implicitly. But how?