Just talked to a woman who runs a high end fashion store. They want to hire someone for back room work, receiving and paperwork, with basic skills, like, can add and subtract and read and write, and can be trusted to show up reliably. Good long term potential for advancement. They can't find anyone suitable.
The company I work for has a very hard time finding decent applicants. Hired one guy and he was constantly on the phone with “baby momma” issues so he did slipshod work. A second hire did quality work when he showed up, but called in at least once every other week.
They probably aren’t paying enough. That’s generally why these positions go unfilled.
I was out of work for almost a year and a half not too long ago. I applied for every job I was physically capable of doing, but on an awful lot of them, I got the “We would love to hire you, but you are just too over-qualified” bit. I tried dumbing down my resume, but that had little effect as well. I also discovered that Austin, TX is not someplace to have a military background on your resume.