I dont have much sympathy for companies that turn down highly qualified intelligent workers by the truckload. There are so many people with MBAs who, for years struggle to get any kind of job at all.

I mean sure, paying more can help alot, but first of all, just fix your Hiring process. The hiring process at these some of the companies I've heard about are absolutely abysmal. I've heard first hand: They get great candidates who pass the phone screen and all the in person interviews: then at the last minute change their mind about hiring.

I've seen this at software companies when I was on the hiring side of the equation. HR told us we had an extra slot open. We don't wanna waste the slot so decide to hire somone. we wasted months turning down excellent candidates because engineers don't know how to interview a candidate because there's never time to train someone when teams are changing every year. Then we finally find a perfect one that everyone likes, and the manager above us decides to cancel the position and use the slot to hire a college buddy of his for a completely different role.

My theory is, a lot of these so called job openings are for jobs that aren't really needed. And the stake holders don't realize that the jobs aren't needed until the final hiring decision sign off is needed.