Even though there is an increased number of applicants for roles especially junior ones, it still doesn’t mean everyone applying is qualified for the role.
If you see a post on linkedin that has 1500 applicants for a junior role, a good chunk of those applicants are not qualified. Since it is so easy to click apply, there will always be a high number of people that will click apply to everything even though they don’t have the skills for the job.
Yeah, I would suggest that if you are looking for your first job to look for as many local opportunities as possible.
That will increase your chances for getting a job especially at small companies
I don’t think you need to have senior level experience and knowledge to get a job in the market because there are still lots of them struggling to get a job right now too.
With this market, people are going to have to rely on other things like networking, going to meetups and online events, contributing to open source, building strong portfolio projects, having a strong linkedin, and reaching out to hiring managers and recruiters.
I think the days of getting a job really quickly.
There might be some outliers who are able to do but it will be very rare.
Expect for most to take 1-2 years of learning and applying before they land a job to be the norm.
It will probably be closer to the 1 1/2 - 2 years mark IMO.
Will the market become red hot again?
Maybe, but who knows.
If you talk to people who have been in the industry for 20+ years, they all talk about how cyclic the market is.
Even though they all agree that this is one of the worst times they have seen it, they also believe it will get better.
All you can do is focus on growing your skills, building awesome projects so you can be ready for when opportunity comes
Hope that helps!