Tech Hiring Trends

Job postings vs. job seekers each month, based on the Hacker News Who is hiring? and Who wants to be hired? threads. Counts are live top-level comments (deleted and dead removed).

Postings per month

Who is hiring? Who wants to be hired?

Job postings per job seeker

Above 1 means more companies posting than people looking.

HN vs. the wider market

Both indexed to Feb 2020 = 100. Indeed is the monthly average of its daily US software development postings index.

HN Who is hiring? Indeed software dev postings

All months

Month	Who is hiring?	Who wants to be hired?	Ratio	Indeed index

Postings per month

Job postings per job seeker

HN vs. the wider market

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