I think the job numbers somewhere down the line are being massively cooked. Speaking personally, I and a lot of other senior software engineers I know have struggled to find employment in a job market that is among the worst we've seen. Layoffs keep going up while available jobs can't keep up.
There is a huge disconnect between the worker experience and whatever the job numbers say, similar to the disconnect between consumer sentiment and the stock market/corporate profits.
There is a huge disconnect between the worker experience and whatever the job numbers say, similar to the disconnect between consumer sentiment and the stock market/corporate profits.