For all the BS talk the high tech, wealthy corporations spout about not having "enough quality trained workers", they're not willing to hire the quality trained workers coming out of college for those higher paying entry level jobs. They're not willing to pay, they're not willing to invest in a quality workforce - sometimes expending as little investment as to pony up $5K or so to bring people who can't afford to move, are out of state but otherwise qualified to the site they need them at, and they aren't willing to keep those "better paying jobs" for any length of time.
Companies that "pay well" or need a qualified workforce that went to college or higher level training certification on generally want a disposable, "just in time" contract basis employee.
"Learning how to get jobs" isn't a problem with high school and college grads. Not when the majority of them are putting out dozens of resumes a month, spending two/three hours a day looking for jobs, and when most public high schools and junior/community colleges already have job search/job preparation classes, internships listings, and a jobs counselor on site that has listings for entry-level jobs in STEM and other "advanced skills" jobs because most states have invested in these sorts of programs for the past 50 years.
Okay, yes - there are the 5% or so that are just slackers, 2% with emotional or mental issues, and another 5% or so afflicted with extreme poor parenting (from helicopter to absentee) that can't "find a job" because either they don't care, aren't capable of understanding social cues or can't seem to get a grasp on how to handle fairly simple logical processes. But most of the young people today are qualified and capable of finding work - when there is work.
I know, I have one that can't find regular work who's "back at home" taking a break right now.
But pretty much 80% of her friends and age compatriots are hard workers; smart kids who have practiced their interview skills, dress well, have great resumes - but still can't find much consistent work beyond retail or "low skill" service jobs.
They either don't have "enough experience" - the few that have had good wages had gotten them at contract jobs that disappeared after six to eight months; or they're living in the wrong neighborhoods with not enough resources to get to the better jobs. Or there were just too many people applying for the same position, and they just didn't get their resumes in quick enough to get ahead of those other desperate job seekers who had already networked their way into the top consideration slots.
Doesn't matter how good your interviewing skills are when there are 500 applicants for every job that could be considered a "career" job instead of a "make due" job - and half of them are the same age and come from the same cultural background as the people doing the hiring (which are the two major advantages they don't like to talk about in the job search classes).
"What Color is My Parachute" was great - in the 1970's, when there was a far wider range of "labor" jobs that could become careers that you could raise a family on - like butcher or produce manager at a grocery store, gas station service manger, factory line worker, bank teller, line cook...
Now - dead-end jobs abound. Unless you get yourself into those circles of management or professional "skills" where there are stable careers, people who "have your back" and lots of opportunities if one job falls through or you decide to take a sabbatical.
It doesn't matter how poised you are and how fantastic your your resume has been written if the prospective employers have already made their decision on whom they are going to hire for that job before they got to your kick-ass resume.
Haele
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