We also have to get employers to un-drink the Kool-Aid that says a Bachelors Degree is the minimum qualification required for entry-level jobs.
Get over the fallacy that universities will bear your training costs for you. It ain’t happening.
The two main reasons that has come to be are 1) the dumbing down / devaluation of the average high school diploma and 2) the practical limitations on testing as a corporate hiring criteria created by Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
Most companies already know this....that is why internships and temporary workers are exploding....this allows employers to train their own and keep only those that do the work.