Yes, but the people with the skills you need are not available, or are not interested in your opening. It is quite hard to find really suitable people for many jobs.
Name them.
I’d like to see more licensed degreed tech jobs just to put an end to the corporate-India lie that there aren’t people in America qualified to do the work. It would also help job norm the salaries in the industry so that contractors aren’t getting only $15 an hour with 20 years experience for a $25-30/hour job.
Microsoft lost a lawsuit because they were directing contractors as if they were regular employees (but paid far less) and eventually had to hire them and pay them the difference in back pay.
I wouldn’t go the licensed protectionist route for all jobs but when the employers are going to lie to congress to depress wages in the industry and rake in billions, something need to be done.
Pay more.
Pay more. Free market and all. That’s easy. Wages have stagnated.
I remember before the H1-B boom, there was this thing called “training.” Back when CHRis only got 20x the average worker’s pay, not 100x...
Companies used to train. I got my start in a company training program, they used to do this, and eventually worked my way into a senior position in a field usually restricted to degreed professionals. I don’t consider myself that much smarter than the average bear. People are entirely capable of learning on the job. That used to be the norm. I’ve also seen the effects of H1B; most of them I liked, but their availability did in fact keep wages flat for years and years.