I briefly mentioned something related to 1) in my post earlier, but I want to add a bit. When the recruiters stopped coming, and I started putting out more app

I briefly mentioned something related to 1) in my post earlier, but I want to add a bit. When the recruiters stopped coming, and I started putting out more applications, I saw a nmuber of jobs. 6 months later, I open the job board, and I’m seeing the exact same crap. I haven’t put out many applications recently, because I’m not seeing many new jobs to apply to that I’m reasonably qualified for. Earlier in the year, I used uBlock Origin to try and cut out some of low quality “promoted” roles that seem to be a major part in making the job market seem so static. After filtering out those, there were about four non-promoted listings per page, sometimes zero. Another issue, though it seems less common than a few years ago when remote blew up, are companies that instead of postings job that just says “Remote(US)”. They flood the job boards with an individual job posting for what seems like every goddamn MSA in the US. This particularly pisses me off when I try to sort by date posted and have to sift through pages of the same job. Other job boards, Glassdoor in particular seem to be filled with jobs at companies with bizarre names that sound fake. I imagine some of these are crappy recruiting firms, but others seem to be written more like a direct company listing.