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

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Post by muzani » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:40 PM UTC

dayvid wrote: post #19

muzani wrote: post #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. peo…

A few months into the pandemic was one of the best job markets for tech as more people were online than ever. A lot of my coworkers jumped to different companies or startups with huge salary bumps.

I benefited from that too, but The Great Resignation happened in 2021 I believe. Which was followed by layoffs from the overhiring, lol

But there was some data on HN about how the start of the pandemic was terrible, worse than last year, at least. And there were some sales graphs that reflected this too.

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

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Post by nico » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:40 PM UTC

People are realizing that AI is changing everything and they don’t want to do BS work that can be automated.

They are getting inspired by the coming revolution.

Interesting times we are living in.

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

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Post by bradlys » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:41 PM UTC

bilsbie wrote: post #10

That seems like a good signal to track. Btw does anyone ever get hired from the who wants to be hired thread?

I’ll balance it out because you’re getting selection bias with how you asked this question.

I never got contacted. For me, I assume it’s because every employer in SV is overloaded with candidates and doesn’t need to seek them out on HN. (I work in the bay)

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Post by amelius » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

bilsbie wrote: post #10

That seems like a good signal to track. Btw does anyone ever get hired from the who wants to be hired thread?

> That seems like a good signal to track.

It doesn't take into account who currently has a job.

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Post by setgree » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

The true ratio of would-be-hired to is-hired on HN is lower than 0.94. Many (most?) posts in the who's hiring thread mention multiple positions, e.g. the word "engineers", plural, occurs 91 times on the first page.

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Post by tayo42 » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:51 PM UTC

dudul wrote: post #7

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.

I'm getting alot less and the ones I am getting are real low balls in comp often.

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Post by myth_drannon » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:51 PM UTC

April was the lowest count for "Who is hiring" ever.

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Post by muzani » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:52 PM UTC

peruvian wrote: post #21

muzani wrote: post #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. peo…

I think a lot of people don't post on who wants to be hired and instead just browse who's hiring.

I did both but had much better responses on WWTBH. A lot of the companies that approached were really good, paid well, respectful, etc. Funny enough, I had actually applied for one of those companies elsewhere and they didn't process the application until they realized I was on HN.

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Post by abledon » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:52 PM UTC

matches the jobs available trend in NA: https://www.trueup.io/job-trend

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Post by jrochkind1 » Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 3:56 PM UTC

mortenjorck wrote: post #30

muzani wrote: post #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. 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…

Did you get anything from your "who wants to be hired" post? It's not been clear to me that it's a useful thing to do.