On Jan 11, 8:12*am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
23:38:36 on Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

The reason for graduate unemployment in engineering is that employers
insist on people having several years' previous employment experience
in one narrow speciality, these are the same employers who whinge
about a 'shortage' of engineering graduates. The situation is similair
in computing.

Are there still job adverts demanding things like five years of
experience with ACME-Software 2010?

Probably. I remember adverts for people with 5 years experience
programming microprocessors, when the things hadn't been for sale
that long.

I think it doesn't so much happen any more, not because recruiters
have got any less stupid, but on the grounds of age discrimination.