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Tech Job Postings Are Down 40% On Popular Job Boards (medium.com)
Tech job postings are down 40% year-on-year, says Cameron Moll, founder of job board Authentic Jobs. He says that job volume for April 2016 was nearly half the volume of April 2015, and currently, annual job posting volume is 63% on the platform compared to 2015, and 59% compared to 2014. But wait, there is always a chance that it is only his website that is getting less popular, right? Mr. Moll adds that it's not just his job board, but several of the competitors' as well. From a blog post: On one hand, we're cautious to assume that fewer jobs posted = fewer jobs available. We recognize companies have many avenues for advertising available jobs -- social media, recruiters, employee word-of-mouth, company websites, etc. Companies may choose at any time to broadcast jobs through these channels instead of a job board. So, for all intents and purposes, it's feasible the same number of jobs are available this year compared to previous years, just not on job boards. On the other hand, our volume trends have been very consistent the past four years. However, these trends are suddenly meaningless in 2016. It's anyone's guess what our volume will be each month regardless of what the historical data says.
I'm a senior level developers and it seems to me that recruiters are going straight to the source instead of posting.
I get at least 5 to 10 emails or linked in posts per week pumping my ego and trying to get me to join the latest hot startup!!! Bean bag chairs!!! On site dry cleaning!!! Ping pong!!! Stock options that may actually be worth something.... Or not!!!!
So why don't you move?
Because people who have other priorities in life such as proximity to family shouldn't automatically be excluded from having a career. Sadly, the US seems to be reminiscent of the old days where pa would leave his family to go work in a mine to put food on the table. This, in days where telecommuting is easier then it ever has been.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
Based on my job hunting experience, "urgent requirements" means that the hiring manager went on vacation. I shocked more than a few recruiters when they check with the company to find out that the hiring manager went on a one-week, two-week or month-long vacation. And I always follow up our conversation with, "Please explain how urgent this position is when the hiring manager is on vacation?"
Wait until you hit 60. Or even 50. Too old for tech, too inexperienced at anything else.
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Wait until you hit 60. Or even 50. Too old for tech, too inexperienced at anything else.
Ain't that the truth!
And folks who aren't in the business still think things are like they were in 1999 and wonder why you can't get work. And folks who are but either still in their 20s just brush you off because "if you were any good and have the skills, you'd have a job."
My brother just hit 50 and he's afraid of losing his job - he's training H1-b replacements with a promise of an eventual promotion. He sees the writing on the wall since his last promotion was canceled due to a reorg and is looking for another job. There isn't anything out there.
WTF happened to this business? When I got into it in the early 90s, I thought I would be doing this until I retired - like the 'old timers' I worked with at the time. You used to be able to retire as a tech person - I knew people who did.