Employer's have a limited amount of time and money too, why should they waste those resources having to mine for someone's skill level when there's plenty of candidates out there that will display that on some online site.
Perhaps in a recession, but in the current market, the employer must meet the candidate. That's how supply and demand works.
To confirm (as an example), check out the last HN Who's Hiring [1], and compare to the next one. I assure you, most of the positions go unfilled because demand is exceeding supply. A company can either make their filters more reasonable, pay more, or a combination of the two.
For the good jobs, you're competing against other good people. Good luck playing coy.
There were also more women than men in my university, but that didn't free up the cutest girl in the bar.
Everyone does not need the best job. They all just need good enough jobs that continually must improve because demand outstrips supply. See Basecamp for an example; I'm confident developers reading that post began to think about their compensation after reading that.
"Basecamp doesn’t employ anyone in San Francisco, but now we pay everyone as though all did"
https://m.signalvnoise.com/basecamp-doesnt-employ-anyone-in-...