There is a person for every job is in the USA at the correct market wage. There is a wage gap and not a qualification gap.
It may be a qualification gap. E.g., they need a welder, but people these days don’t learn those kinds of skills.
Also, from what I remember of job postings, they ask for a large number of things to see what they get. I suspect a lot of people look at those and go, “Oh I don’t meet those qualifications, I can’t work there”. A friend of mine got a job where one of the quals listed was a PhD, but he only had a bachelors. He decided to apply anyway and it turned out the company did had the opening for 8 months and was close to modifying their qualifications.
That's part, and another part is how long do we want to wait to fill the position, and still another factor is how much do we want to look. Let's face it, current market conditions are in turmoil and everyone's got complaints.
Damn man...... that is right out of the communist manefesto
you outed your self
Yep. What they should say is they can’t find qualified workers who will work the hours they want them to for what they want to pay.