60 years ago you could hire plenty of bright, talented high school graduates, especially those with poor English/History grades but good Math/Shop grades. Now t

60 years ago you could hire plenty of bright, talented high school graduates, especially those with poor English/History grades but good Math/Shop grades. Now the high school counselors push all of the bright, talented students and then some to go on to college. So you have to wait a few years and hire then after college. It's a result of a much higher proportion of HS graduating classes going on to college.