[muawiyah]

Virtually all the jobs on the internet listing systems are filled ~ what you have are employers, including the government, building applicant lists so that they have some idea of how many folks with what skills might want whatever jobs they ever do open up.

The Democrats don't care.

[flamberge]

A great many companies are now churning their workforce - laying off highly-paid “senior” employees and then hiring lower paid “junior” employees to refill the same positions.

This does not constitute an economic recovery.

You may notice discreetly advertised and rather expensive seminars directed at medium to large-sized companies on “how to increase the ROI of your Human Capital”. They are basically teaching the HR executives how to churn their workforce without violating state or federal laws.

Fictitious job posting is usually a shopping expedition to determine if salary bands can be reduced for selected positions. It is cheaper and more accurate than hiring consulting companies to find out. Applications in such queues are almost always discarded.

All of this creates a great deal of noise in the job market, which obscures what is really going on.

The Democrats do not care. Neither do the Republicans. You are on your own.