Hacker News with Generative AI: Job Market

1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or never filled, study finds (gizmodo.com)
The job hunt can be a slog. Confusing job portals, dense competition, and time-consuming application processes all conspire to make job hunting one of the most annoying experiences on the planet. After all the work that goes into an application, 99.9 percent of the time you hear nothing back. It’s enough to make you feel like you’re firing applications into the abyss—as if the jobs you’ve applied to never existed in the first place.

Job Market, Online Recruitment, Job Hunting

417 points by belter 4 days ago | 405 comments

Wall Street Expected to Shed 200k Jobs as AI Erodes Roles (bloomberg.com)
Global banks will cut as many as 200,000 jobs in the next three to five years as artificial intelligence encroaches on tasks currently carried out by human workers, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

Finance, Artificial Intelligence, Job Market, Automation

15 points by marban 6 days ago | 4 comments

Laid off for the first time in my career, and twice in one year (dillonshook.com)
So, I got laid off again… This time it was the week before Christmas, last time it was a week into paternity leave. Both great timing, I know. Last time I didn’t feel like writing about it since it was a swirl of emotions with a new baby in the house and the first time I had been laid off in my career, 13 years in at that point.

Layoffs, Personal Experiences, Career, Job Market

291 points by luu 10 days ago | 318 comments

Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment? (ycombinator.com)
I am seeing many anecdotal experiences shared online on various platforms stating that it is difficult to find employment in tech.

Employment, Tech Industry, Job Market

319 points by vbi8iBEX 21 days ago | 587 comments

Ghost jobs – 7 in 10 hiring managers consider them morally acceptable (stackoverflow.blog)
You’re looking for a new job, trawling the job boards and checking the career pages of companies you’ve heard good things about. You find a role that looks like a great match for your skills and experience. You buff up your resume, labor over a cover letter, and hit Apply with your fingers crossed.

Hiring Practices, Job Market, Ethics, Technology

33 points by zh3 22 days ago | 28 comments

Ask HN: Are living through a quiet offshoring wave akin to the 90s wave? (ycombinator.com)
The job sites of most corporations seem to list development jobs overseas.

Offshoring, Job Market, Technology, Software Development

9 points by rizs12 23 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Job Simlarity (vector similarity graphs, WhoIsHiring/JSON Resume) (jsonresume.org)
An interactive visualization of the tech job market, powered by data from HN "Who's Hiring" threads and the JSON Resume Registry. Each node represents a job category, with edges connecting similar roles. The size of each node indicates the number of job listings in that category.

Data Visualization, Job Market, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Job Search

3 points by thomasfromcdnjs 30 days ago | 1 comments

Remote Jobs Paying $250k+ Surge by 18%, New Data Shows (forbes.com)
Ladders, the job board for high-earning jobs that pay at least $100,000 a year, just released new data on the availability of remote jobs over the past quarter. And its biggest takeaway? High-paying remote jobs are coming back.

Remote Work, Job Market, Salaries, Data Analysis

5 points by rustoo 35 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2024) (ycombinator.com)
I'm a data scientist and I've been absolutely slaughtered by this recession. I lost a big project in July and haven't picked anything up since. Everything is "on hold until new year". So I'm looking for a project or it's coal for Christmas.

Freelancing, Data Science, Economy, Job Market

26 points by whoishiring 47 days ago | 159 comments

Death by a Thousand Efficiencies: Why You Too Should Be Afraid of Automation (github.com)
When the question of “automation caused job losses” comes up, most people think of industry jobs where production-line or humanoid robots take over jobs whole or at most talk about virtual assistants or other entry level knowledge-worker positions getting replaced by Artificial Intelligence or how Neural Networks can compose news articles from a set of facts; the common theme here is bots taking over jobs whole; while ‘bots taking over jobs at the production-line is old news and vending machines

Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Job Market, Economics

9 points by omeid2 48 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Recruiters, why do you repost jobs with 1000 applications a month later? (ycombinator.com)
The majority of jobs on LinkedIn right now seem to be reposts of jobs from a month or two ago.

Recruiting, LinkedIn, Job Market

30 points by charliebwrites 60 days ago | 29 comments

Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs (arxiv.org)
This study investigates the emerging phenomenon of "ghost hiring" or "ghost jobs", where employers advertise job openings without intending to fill them.

Job Market, Hiring Practices, Labor Economics

394 points by JSeymourATL 65 days ago | 567 comments

Ask HN: How is the job search going? (ycombinator.com)
Out of work since August. I have submitted many resumes. I have to work remotely, so that might be against me, but I have never seen this kind of job market. In the past I would have 40 offers by this point with the number of applications I have submitted. My wife is pointing out that many jobs these days may be scams.

Job Market, Remote Work, Job Search

12 points by throwmeaway222 69 days ago | 7 comments

That position you just applied for might be a ghost job that'll never be filled (theregister.com)
If you didn't hear back about that great-looking tech position you applied for, it might not be because there were too many applicants scrambling to find a job amid rolling layoffs. There's a distinct possibility the posting was fake to begin with.

Job Market, Tech Industry, Hiring Practices

6 points by LinuxBender 76 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2024) (ycombinator.com)
NEW RULE: Please only post a job if you actually intend to fill a position and are committed to responding to everyone who applies.

Hiring, Jobs, Technology, Career, Job Market

379 points by whoishiring 78 days ago | 495 comments

Ask HN: What's Going on with the US Economy? (ycombinator.com)
Just saw the news about Dropbox doing 20% layoffs. There have been at least 600k to 1 million people laid off since 2022. While job market is absolutely bonkers, I saw on LinkedIn that US is posting strong growth.

Economy, Layoffs, Job Market

23 points by burgerland 79 days ago | 28 comments

Ask HN: Software devs who went to work to Middle East how did it go? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Software devs who went to work to Middle East how did it go?

Software Development, Middle East, Job Market, Remote Work, Career

12 points by ravshan 86 days ago | 4 comments

Tech Jobs Have Dried Up–and Aren't Coming Back Soon (wsj.com)
Finding a job in tech by applying online was fruitless, so Glenn Kugelman resorted to another tactic: It involved paper and tape.

Job Market, Technology, Economy

8 points by mudil 121 days ago | 5 comments

What are the best options for Amazon SDEs thinking about leaving over RTO policy (ycombinator.com)
Any SDEs who are thinking of leaving Amazon over the 5-day RTO announcement, what are the best options for WFH flexibility, interesting projects, quality of colleagues, and salary?

Amazon, Software Development, Remote Work, Work-Life Balance, Job Market

190 points by aws_throwaway 123 days ago | 190 comments

Ask HN: Is the Job Market That Bad? (ycombinator.com)
I haven’t been job hunting in a while, but I’ve noticed many of my friends and family struggling just to land interviews. Most are well-qualified and can easily pass initial phone screenings, yet they face challenges in progressing further or even securing a first meeting.

Job Market, Hiring, Technology, Unemployment

72 points by warkanlock 130 days ago | 76 comments

Ask HN: Friends who were laid off, what are you working on now? (ycombinator.com)

Layoffs, Careers, Technology, Job Market

5 points by sawirricardo 137 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2024) (ycombinator.com)

Hiring, Job Market, Technology, Software Development

437 points by whoishiring 138 days ago | 491 comments

My Honest Thoughts on the Software Engineering Market in 2024 [video] (youtube.com)

Software Engineering, Job Market, 2024

5 points by robomartin 139 days ago | 1 comments

Fred: Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States (stlouisfed.org)