Yeah it's a mess. I think a big part of the problem is to do with way that most businesses are owned by mega-conglomerates. There's little room for the creativity and drive of the individual anymore. Once upon a time it was possible to conceive of a business idea and put it into motion, but now there is so much competition from such massive and well established industries that at best these upstart businesses are either going to collapse or merely scrape by.

The only option is to sell your services and your ideas to one of these established businesses, adding to their success rather than your own, while simultaneously depersonalizing the employment market. With the rise of globalization and a lack of these small businesses, jobseekers are forced to pit themselves against greater numbers of prospective employees. Skills sets lose their value. Qualifications lose their value. And people are forced to get noticed through bureaucratic means rather than personal qualities and suitability.