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by ed_balls 902 days ago
>depths of a serious tech recession?

Are we?

Who wants to be hired? (2023)

Oct: 547

Nov: 431

Dec: 461

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Who wants to be hired? (2022)

Oct: 272

Nov: 307

Dec: 200

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More people without jobs = more people that are looking to be hired.

Given the numbers, I would say tech unemployment was 2x worser in 2023 than the year before.

Aside: has anyone actually got value out of "Who wants to be hired?" Because when I posted a few months ago all I got was spam and nonsense. I haven't bothered posting since (well, I did this month).
I haven't used the full-time page, but I had a fantastic experience with a client that found me via the freelancer page a couple months after I posted.
I've also gotten a few clients from the freelancer thread. I got nothing at all from the "Who wants to be hired?" thread.
Based on that data, tech unemployment has doubled.
EDIT: This is "Who is hiring?" not who wants to be hired?