I had a discussion with my friend who's in a tech hiring position, and he said exactly this: It's actually harder to hire now because all advertisements are flo

I had a discussion with my friend who's in a tech hiring position, and he said exactly this: It's actually harder to hire now because all advertisements are flooded by less-qualified people. The recession may have increased the pool of qualified people, but it has decreased the S/N in the stack of applications far more.