This has been answered many times before. A summary is:
There is an oversupply of newly qualified ATPL (f), low houred individuals, some with type ratings.
My guess is that all schools hype the fact that there is a shortage, but it tends to be a shortage of experienced pilots with significant jet time.
But, the emergence of low cost carriers in the far east will mean the requirements will drop with time. However, the fact that anyone can now borrow whatever they want to train will probably mean the numbers of newly qualified people will increase too.
At BGS I just could not believe the numbers of people in training.