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That seems like a good signal to track. Btw does anyone ever get hired from the who wants to be hired thread?
in 2019 it was about 0.32 First who wants to be hired https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7685170 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1350A5KGgmGI3Ed-tC7MP...
(async function () {
// see https://hn.algolia.com/api
console.clear();
const posts = {};
var page = 0;
var oldDate;
while (true) {
console.log('fetching page', page);
const r = await fetch(`https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story,author_whoishiring&page=${page++}`);
const res = await r.json();
if (res.message) {
console.log(res.message);
} else {
for (const h of res.hits) {
var match;
if (match = h.title.match(/Who wants to be hired\? \((.*)\)/i)) {
var date = match[1];
if (date != oldDate) {posts[date] = {}; oldDate = date;}
posts[date].wants = h.num_comments;
if (posts[date].hiring) posts[date].ratio = posts[date].wants / posts[date].hiring;
} else if (match = h.title.match(/Who is hiring\? \((.*)\)/i)) {
date = match[1];
if (date != oldDate) {posts[date] = {}; oldDate = date;}
posts[date].hiring = h.num_comments;
if (posts[date].wants) posts[date].ratio = posts[date].wants / posts[date].hiring;
}
}
}
if (page == res.nbPages) break;
}
console.table(posts);
})();Earlier 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…
Jan 2019,966,265,0.27
Feb 2019,847,197,0.23
Mar 2019,880,246,0.27
Apr 2019,881,324,0.36
May 2019,1020,286,0.28
Jun 2019,800,232,0.29
Jul 2019,907,479,0.52
Aug 2019,861,284,0.32
Sep 2019,724,180,0.24
Oct 2019,905,406,0.44
Nov 2019,760,270,0.35
Dec 2019,907,271,0.29
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…
I'm a CRO/CGO – a suit. My biggest struggle with HN wants-to-be-hired threads is that I desperately want to work with small and midsize startups who are serious about growth – but most of the JDs are for technical jobs. Besides the usual job boards, is anyone aware of a good place to connect with founders who want a healthy hockey stick and holistic, healthy growth?
A few months ago, recruiters were reaching out to me. I started applying last week and a single job posting would have more than 1k applicants which was not the case months ago.
On top of that, as a new grad, finding early career positions is difficult. Most of the opening are SR level.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
Very interesting chart, thanks! One comment, is that it is probably more a measure of "which way is the balance of power tilting" than it is "what is the actual ratio". Many employers who could not find anyone would post the job everywhere they could think of, while people looking just read the "who is hiring" posts and then applied to the employer rather than post in the "who wants to be hired". Now the shoe is on t…
I think if you're a FAANG employer that is considered "safe" definitely yes, but there's a pile of zombie companies that have been wrecked by end of ZIRP and have a hard time understanding how they retain or hire anyone.
Not quite as drastic as yours, but still not ideal.
The underlying query and data source: https://slight.run/apps/colman/job_seekers_vs_job_hiring_hac...
I'm restricting to top-level comments here, because those seem like a better proxy than all comments (excluding some discussion on a given post for example).