From my experience job searching, it seems that companies are looking for someone to fit the job description exactly instead of being willing to hire and to tra

From my experience job searching, it seems that companies are looking for someone to fit the job description exactly instead of being willing to hire and to train someone. And when they can't find anyone, they complain about a shortage of eligible workers. It's really difficult to find a job the traditional way (submit resume/cover letter, interview, etc.) in this economy. The article makes a good point that if there was a shortage of STEM talent, companies would be drooling over everyone with a B.S. degree, but I haven't really seen that. I do agree with the article that there is a STEM literacy problem...I have friends in grad school constantly complaining about people gaming the peer review system, students getting by on shoddy research, etc. I've had co-workers that I've been really disappointed with in terms of having solid engineering fundamentals. If the article is right, and there's not a STEM shortage, what would you tell a high schooler applying to college? What field should they study so that there's a better chance of them having jobs?