I've met some competent HR folks out there - I promise they exist. I've only been around for like 15+ years though but been running in consulting circles for o

I've met some competent HR folks out there - I promise they exist. I've only been around for like 15+ years though but been running in consulting circles for over 10. I'll admit that there are a fair number of crappy ones. I generally avoid recruiters too - just against working with them on principle. I wish there were an easy middle-person to use to find high quality project work. I think the tried and true referral system is all that has worked for me the entire time. I've never applied cold to something and done it, and been happy about it.