Labor market predictions for 2024 vary. Here is the hopeful one:
According to the Robert Half study, only 1% of employers intend to eliminate positions in the first half of 2023, while another 2% will leave their headcount as-is. Another 39%, however, plan to fill vacant positions and 57% plan to add new positions in the first half of the year.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91001537/despite-recent-layoffs-may-poised-quiet-start-2024-labor-market