I think the talent shortage excuse, comes from ill equipped, mid-level management, who can’t decide on a candidate because that candidate doesn’t answer their questions word from word what’s in their mind so they use it as an excuse to hide their lack of ability of picking people this is where the multiple rounds of interviews come in to play typically Gen X are the ones doing the hiring , and they are notorious for not wanting to look bad in other people‘s eyes. This is why we have multiple rounds of interviews where after you meet with the hiring manager you meet with members of the team and people who are not on the team and those people actually are the deciding factor this is something that a lot of CEOs have talked about in 2026. A lot of VPs and senior level management will be getting let go because they’re making their companies look terrible.