I have to say the amount of spam emails I'm getting from recruiters has decreased a lot - also I took a new job a few months ago so maybe I'm just being filtered out for now.
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#32I'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. peo…
It had the worst job market -- if you weren't able to work from home. Most of the world ain't in STEM. Many of us, myself included, already did that. I had to wear a mask to do my "morning commute" to get coffee, but otherwise my 9-5 was mostly the same.
Most of STEM isn't at home, either.
Re: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94
#33It might even be >1 considering many postings in the Who's hiring have multiple comments (some 10+).
Who's hiring also has many positions in each listing though, if that is consistent across time it wouldn't seem to matter as much.
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#34I have to say the amount of spam emails I'm getting from recruiters has decreased a lot - also I took a new job a few months ago so maybe I'm just being filtered out for now.
Similar experience. Since October of 22' the number of recruitment mail I'm getting has decreased from several a week to a few a month.
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#35That seems like a good signal to track. Btw does anyone ever get hired from the who wants to be hired thread?
I've received several responses from Who Wants Hired posts.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
seems like it wouldn't be too hard, just tedious, to compile all the data.
Fine, I'll start. These threads are easily found in Google. January 2020: 244 wants to be hired / 697 hiring = 35% February 2020: 227 / 677 = 34% March 2020: 349 / 776 = 45% April 2020: 521 / 601 = 87% May 2020: 329 / 686 = 48% June 2020: 305 / 659 = 46% July 2020: 280 / 680 = 41% August 2020: 410 / 828 = 50% September 2020: 346 / 698 = 50% October 2020: 295 / 810 = 36% November 2020: 259 / 807 = 32% December 2020: 2…
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Date | Who is hiring? | Who wants to be hired | ratio
Jan 2015,334,98,0.29
Feb 2015,643,169,0.26
Mar 2015,680,177,0.26
Apr 2015,952,194,0.20
May 2015,891,199,0.22
Jun 2015,759,276,0.36
Jul 2015,1094,142,0.12
Aug 2015,974,176,0.18
Sep 2015,872,188,0.21
Oct 2015,1136,99,0.08
Nov 2015,896,99,0.11
Dec 2015,1000,95,0.09
Re: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94
#37That seems like a good signal to track. Btw does anyone ever get hired from the who wants to be hired thread?
The few times I posted, my email got scraped and I received some offers which were all not job offers..
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#38I'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. peo…
> It does amuse me that we're still at more people hiring than looking for jobs I would definitely not read that from the data. I don’t know what percentage of current seekers post in the wants-to-be-hired thread, but as a potentially-outlying anecdote, I didn’t until I had already been looking for three months. I would hypothesize that there’s a psychological barrier to posting in WWTBH, even if you’ve been laid off…
This is my first month looking. I thought about posting yesterday, but I am very shy about putting my name on the internet. That insecurity won the day. I hope you get good results from your post.
Re: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94
#39I'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. peo…
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#40I'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. peo…
Also consider that HN isn’t exactly indicative of any typical job market. This is a pretty niche forum even in the context of software and tech. It’s still interesting, and there’s insight to be gained. (For example, I expect a lot the the high-powered developers who were affected by recent layoffs in big tech are over-represented here.)