Another factor not mentioned are hiring portals that auto-discard tons of applicants - eg: first time job seekers, applicants with employment gaps and those wit

Another factor not mentioned are hiring portals that auto-discard tons of applicants - eg: first time job seekers, applicants with employment gaps and those with other unliked criteria (age, zip-code). We could have fewer vacancies if employers stopped strongly signaling that they don't want to hire people.