Scary
When I took the ASVABs 20-odd years ago, they were pretty basic. I scored in the 95th plus percentile across the board and had recruiters beating down my door for awhile.
“It’s a mystery that begs for a solution: Unemployment is the No. 1 issue in America — yet virtually all business people I talk to complain that they can’t find the workers they want.”
That’s the excuse in San Antonio. It isn’t the lack of skill sets. It’s the freaking software that is weeding out potential candidates.
Example: A job description is written. On it are 10 things the incumbent must know. Those 10 things are now fed into a program which runs a query on the resumes and looks for key words. If it doesn’t find all 10, the resume is discarded. (Saved in the system for X is how the rejection letter looks)
So what is missing? Well, I prefer to look at someone who has a good chunk of the skills, worked for companies whose IT departments are progressive and where IT professionals get good experience. Also, what kind of person is the candidate. These are intangibles that a query engine cannot determine.
Are there qualified people out there? Of course. They are more qualified than the HR department that has a program do for them what they used to do themselves.