> as a small rant, I am getting tired of the whiplash between "it's harder than ever to find a job" and "the economy has recovered and unemployement is record lows".

If you're in tech (as most of us are here) it can be pretty tough to find a job right now unless you have mad AI skillz. But in other sectors it's generally pretty easy to find a job right now. So both can be true depending on what sector you're in.