Counter anecdote: We don't really have an HR department at all, and we don't have much trouble finding people when we need them. Sure, we get our fair share o

Counter anecdote: We don't really have an HR department at all, and we don't have much trouble finding people when we need them. Sure, we get our fair share of chaff like everyone else. Still only takes a month or two to find someone worth hiring. I do not consider that an unreasonable amount of time. For the record, every engineer we have hired since I started, and including me, has been a cold application off a web posting.