Of course the main thing employers look at is your experience. And they mean paid experience. Ten years ago after being laid off over and over from tech jobs I took web design and got a certificate. I applied at dozens of companies and although i had made several websites for friends and family that didn't matter, they wanted paid experience only.

Second is age, they prefer to hire between 20 and 30. If you don't have much experience and you are close to 20 some employers may still hire you but if you are in your 40's and all you have is education forget it as what happened to me after i completed the web design training.

Education is important but most employers don't care that much about your education, they want to know how much paid experience you have, not what you can do

Last is your looks. Studies show that employers prefer to hire attractive employees. If you're a guy and your short or a woman and you're overweight this becomes a major disadvantage. Also race is a factor. Most employers want to hire their own race. The way you were born should not matter but since most hiring managers are douche-bags it certainly comes into play when deciding.

Fact is the REAL TRUE US unemployment rate is three times the BS government rate which ONLY counts those collecting benefits. And employers have become so greedy and rotten because they know this and they get ten times as many resume's as compared to before 2008. Yes US employers today are the scum of the planet no doubt about it.