> . Basically, many companies are still acting as though it's 2009 with respect to hiring practices and expect experienced people willing to work for sub-par salaries. When they aren't able to find such people anymore, they either turn to foreign workers (via visa programs), contractors (to avoid overhead costs), or just reassign more work to existing employees in order to keep labor costs down and profits up.

They're not even trying to actually find people, they're just putting on a dog and pony show to qualify for H1Bs or to keep their contractors on edge.