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[Ask HN] Hiring Drops?

1 points by wprapido ↗ HN
Am I the only who noticed fewer "Who is hiring?" posts and who gets reached out to by recruiters less frequently? Luckily, my work is contract + productized services, so it doesn't affect me. If something, whenever hiring drops or slows down, contract work goes up.

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Hackbraten
Wouldn’t a lower number of “Who is hiring?” posts be an indicator of more hiring activity rather than less?
wprapido
Who Is Hiring? is where jobs get posted first day of each month here on HN
southern_cross
An IT recruiter type recently told me that while January and February hiring demand was just fine, March demand was simply abysmal for whatever reasons, only to have things bounce back again in April. News stories (if you believe those) are claiming record low unemployment levels now, and that any fear of a coming recession (as was being discussed a few months back) has largely disappeared, at least for the time being.
wprapido
Predictions beyond two day weather forecast mostly make little to no sense for whatever reason.