> It's also a problem when those same companies want to bitch and whine about a "talent shortage" or a lack of diverse candidates

so much this. Why do companies get to receive all sorts of incentives to hire when candidates they reject walk into other great tech firms, make bank, and generate boatloads of value?

Maybe some should just pay more, too. There are plenty of firms just being too cheap to hire great talent, including some large, well-known ones.