People are lazy and value getting paid for staying at home more than going to work and getting paid even if they get paid more at work.
Right now businesses will hire people with less experience and less qualifications.
I know someone doing interviews right now and only 1/10 of the people bothering to apply are even showing up to the interviews.
Hell I interviewed at a place myself and they thanked me for even showing up and they are a major corporation in the industry.
I would be interested in knowing what they're hiring for, where, how much, and what kind of contract it is.
That could explain a lot. A company I used to work for wanted a senior software developer on a specialty government project, but only wanted to pay about $55k. They got a lot of initial contacts, but when people found out the pay they just vanished because it was an insult.
OMG, that's what my son was offered 10 years ago, right out of college with a BS in CompSci. Small or large companies, seemed to be standard at the time.
This truly was a senior position, experience required - they wouldn't consider a fresh grad simply because you needed some pretty special real-world skills.
It was always amusing hearing (through the grapevine) how many people had told them where to go after finding out the pay.
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