Title: I know lots of engineers who are unable to find work.<p>I do believe the hiring managers who say they can&#x27;t find the workers they need.  What I don&#x27;t believe is that the workers aren&#x27;t out there, hoping to get hired.<p>I speculate that the reasons for the perceived - and ONLY perceived - shortage is that it&#x27;s far more difficult for employers and potential employees to find each other.  Another problem is that us engineers are expected to have real-world, paid experience in whatever technology the hiring company uses, rather than these companies providing on-the-job training.<p>At one time, a college degree and a demonstrable grasp of computing technology was all one needed.  Companies were happy to train.  No longer.<p>What really kills me is that when a new technology is introduced, one is _immediately_ required to know about it before getting a job where that technology will be used.  Consider that Swift, a new programming language that Apple hopes will make it easier to write iOS Apps, has only been available for a few months, yet one cannot get a job writing Swift code, unless one already has PAID Swift experience on one&#x27;s resume.  It&#x27;s not enough to just read a book.  Neither is anyone willing to train.
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