I've worked in helpdesk the last few years with various experience in different areas, my friend tried to get me hired on at their place as a junior network admin because I had relative experience and they declined me even though they were "desperate and couldn't find anyone" because I didn't have a degree, 10 certificates and years experience. The guy working the job currently couldn't even explain what he did all day every day besides "sit around and look at networks in case they go down"... of course he was a 70 year old boomer with no education or anything in the field either. They also looked at me for a niche programming job - they just hired someone that was a sax instructor with no prior experience so surely someone like me actually working in the MIS field would have a chance, right? Nope.

My previous jobs most people in IT including our sysadmin and network admin were fucking morons too so I kind of understand why business don't like hiring in the sector. For every 20 people you hire, 1 of 2 of them aren't a complete fucking moron.