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Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94

#1
Counting the comments in the who wants to be hired thread and dividing by the number of comments in who is hiring = 0.94.

A year ago it was 0.23. Here's a plot with the data from the past couple of years - https://pasteboard.co/tjZd0PgTI8GK.png

(posting this about a day after the April thread opened)

Re: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94

#5
There are quite a lot of people hiring which have multiple job postings though.

It doesn't invalidate that it is the highest but it doesn't mean that it's almost 1:1.

It also doesn't mean that those people are out of a job. My company is mandating RTO 3 days a week, that's a good reason to look for a new position, while still being employed.

Re: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94

#6

There are quite a lot of people hiring which have multiple job postings though. It doesn't invalidate that it is the highest but it doesn't mean that it's almost 1:1. It also doesn't mean that those people are out of a job. My company is mandating RTO 3 days a week, that's a good reason to look for a new position, while still being employed.

Yep. Large corporate (non-tech) job boards have hundreds of listings open for tech jobs

Re: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94

#8

There are quite a lot of people hiring which have multiple job postings though. It doesn't invalidate that it is the highest but it doesn't mean that it's almost 1:1. It also doesn't mean that those people are out of a job. My company is mandating RTO 3 days a week, that's a good reason to look for a new position, while still being employed.

I think it might invalidate it. At the very least it points out that this is really measuring the ratio of comments, not jobs and candidates.

Re: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94

#9
I'd like to see data go all the way back to 2020, which was when some people said had the worst job market, because of the global lockdowns. But thanks for the data anyway.

It does amuse me that we're still at more people hiring than looking for jobs. It's a stark contrast to other industries, where the power is normally in the hands of employers.

Another thing to consider is that we've had layoffs recently, i.e. people without jobs encouraged to find new jobs. In the past, wants-to-be-hired may be a little low because usually people don't want to be seen looking for a job while employed.

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