Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me?

Re:Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me? by TradingPlaces on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @05:00PM (#35531489)

Large non-tech companies and government agencies still hiring.

Walmart has 1278 job openings with “software” in the title https://careers.walmart.com/results?q=software&page=1&sort=r...

CVS has 458 https://jobs.cvshealth.com/job-search-results/?keyword=softw...

UnitedHealth has 625 https://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/job-search-results/?ke...

WSJ just wrote about this https://archive.is/2Ll06

Go down the list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500

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Re:Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me? by breakpointalpha on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:14PM (#35532348)

Sorry to say this, but everyone in this thread should be aware of ghost job openings.

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/fake-jobs-hide-cooler-...

It's sometimes incompetent HR process and sometimes intentional market signalling, but these companies may just be stockpiling resumes for future use without any intention of hiring right now.

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Re:Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me? by TradingPlaces on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:19PM (#35532405)

Walmart is serious, or at least I think they are. They had around 1700 job openings at the end of last year, culled that significantly in Jan/Feb. At that point there were about 1000 remaining, and it’s been creeping up again. So I think these are real.

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Re:Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me? by chadQuinlan on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:47AM (#35555405)

I work for CVS. I've made lots of referrals to super-qualified people, for them to be auto-rejected. The company is tightening their belt it seems - no layoffs as far as I've seen, but corporate travel was cancelled and some contractors' contracts weren't renewed.

It's a wonderful company and pays super well, great people, but good luck getting in.

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