HR was not ALWAYS worthless....its downhill started in the 1980s...I know...I got out before it became a Govt type job). As a side note...our company in 1989-90 was a test site for Resume scanning software...during a hiring rampup...And I even got a call from Reuters thinking I was some dumb broad in HR who would spill info...hilarious and heady times.
Forgot to say...I worked in hi tech