I did a quick search of IT on Careerbuilder.com and over 60,000 IT jobs popped up. I see well over a 200 new faces in new slots at my shop.
Plus there is a constant game of musical chair people voluntarily (and some nudged) for better jobs elsewhere with people from other positions coming to fill the vacant position. Some positions stay vacant a long time because nobody qualified applies for them. I constantly have recruiters phone and email pleading for me to jump to fill a position they are having a hard time filling.
I’m not saying we have utopia. It actually takes effort to find a job. ... and brains. If one can’t find a job in IT how are they going to find the user requirements once they have the job?
The false language is that nobody will GIVE somebody a job. The only ones that are GIVEN are those to nephews and son-in-laws. Everybody else has to WORK to get the job.
There's lots of jobs open...thousands of miles from where I live. I've played the game a few times. Abandon the family and earn a paycheck. I return to find my kids and dogs misbehaving. Most employers want you physically on site. The closest city with any decent tech jobs in Idaho Falls. It's 50 miles one way. I'm willing to make the drive. The commute alone is $1,000 per month.