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IT employers struggling not to hire qualified emplyees.

Anton Philidor 23rd Jun 2008

Bob? That you?

Yeah. Ever since that article said applicants should try to meet those who review their resumes I haven't been able to leave by the front entrance either.

I know. They all try to hand you their resumes with perfect qualifications for the jobs and you can't take 'em without possible legal problems when you turn 'em down.
How do they find time to hang around during the workdays, anyway?

They get hired for night shift retail jobs. Even driving taxis. Means they can show up here. And then we've got more qualified applicants...

I've been working the overqualified dodge. Too many qualifications, too high a salary before someone else dropped 'em to offshore the work.
As long as they're not working the salaries are lower around here and we can pay the people on visas less.

Not bad, especially now that lack of training has flopped. Must be 50 outfits willing to give people all the training they need for free.

Tough. The only way we can make any money out of this is to lay off the current people and then hire people about as good for lower salaries. But that can happen only so often.

When are these qualified, talented people going to give up and go away so we can get the people we want?

Who knows. Too many people enjoy the job too much and don't know when they're not wanted.