For those of you feeling down about being ignored, keep in mind this is the slowest hiring time of the year, with holidays and vacations, and end of year budgets.
Even in down markets, hiring tends to pick up in January as managers get their hiring budgets for the new year and are back in the office.
Having hired hundreds of engineers, it's the same feeling on the other side as well: The recruiters will tell you that nobody wants to switch jobs around the holidays, so you shouldn't even try. Odd.
But you didn't switch in December. People don't want to have zero seniority or PTO this time of year, they want their time off to spend with family if they can.
What are you hiring for? Just wondering what kinds of companies are hiring juniors right now (I've got a little under a year of industry experience so I'd fall into that category)
This is true but sort of different. Most of them are hiring out of next year's budgets with start dates in May/June. The last time we had a pull-back in tech, a lot of those offers ended up getting rescinded, so if you're in that boat, don't start spending the money until you actually start...
Even in down markets, hiring tends to pick up in January as managers get their hiring budgets for the new year and are back in the office.
Hang in there!