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I think that jobs are starting to pick up (piefed.keyboardvagabond.com)

submitted 1 day ago by ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com to c/programming@programming.dev

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I've applied to between 550-600 jobs since December and hardly heard anything back. The past two weeks recruiters started reaching out to me and at this point I'm at least having early round discussions with 5 companies. They're mostly smaller and somewhere in the health care space, but I went from virtually 0 to having something. Obviously it's early stages so you can't count on anything, but it looks like things may be picking up again.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do note that December is the tail of the budget year. First and second quarter is when many companies execute the year's strategy and burn budget. Third quarter is a bit late but still active.

For us, our clients came out hot and heavy the first two quarters, more than doubling the order totals for 2025. Hiring was hectic for most of Q1 and all of Q2. Q4 is pretty dead most of the time.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have yet to work for a company who's fiscal calendar year follows the normal calendar.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I cannot comment on that but anecdotally I can say that I normally do not see a lot hiring during the holidays and a lot of firings in March and Q2. I have no explanation for the March thing.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Well the holidays have people out on vacation and such. So it's a bad time to try and organize interviews. The fiscal calendars I have seen are usually only a few months off. So that could explain the march thing, as it would be near the end or begining of fiscal years.

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago

I have no explanation for the March thing.

an easter surprise? 🤔