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Comment by yesb

14 hours ago

Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market

i guess it depends on what you define as bad and what that threshold is

https://trueup.io/job-trend

this tracker shows continuous improvement since 2023

  • Sure, I assumed status quo everyone is talking about is basically the several years before that graph. I still think it's relatively bad compared to that despite the modest improvement.

    What's not shown in a graph of job postings is the demand side. With all the layoffs, out of work college grads, people staying put in jobs they are unhappy with, etc., I'd wager that demand per job is still at a historically high level compared to what we have been accustomed to