To extrapolate to the civilian jobs market, the same conditions prevail.
Jobs go begging because the quality of applicants is unacceptable
“To extrapolate to the civilian jobs market, the same conditions prevail. Jobs go begging because the quality of applicants is unacceptable”
The military is simply creating screens to limit applicants; they are the “employer of last resort” for so many young people now, but the sad reality is that after losing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan we simply don’t need them. People have proposed work programs like the CCC or WPA to address the unemployment; while that is debated the military is simply serving as those programs.