Most job responses I get is they're not hiring anymore due to restructuring. Aka they just go for pure profit increase while overworking the understaffed employees. No more remote interviews either. Tons of requests to do one sided video interviews. And the pays appear lower than they were during the main pandemic, even though all prices have gone up since. I've no clue how I'll find a job, yet alone one which will cover my expenses just to exist. And the employers catch on and push abusive shit. My current job has unpaid overtime. I'm leaving, but I've no clue what fate holds.
Depending on the size of the organisation or how it's funded if it's public sector, then it may well be the "restructuring" that's holding it up - and by that, I mean there are probably teams and managers screaming out for funded posts to be filled, but a blanket ban on recruitment may be in force while someone with a fancy title figures out the shit state of their staffing affairs.
I've had times when I've had 40% of my team's positions open, and when I've asked for authority to recruit for already funded posts (probably for budget reasons), I've been knocked back because "nah fuck you, we're waiting on the staffing review being completed". I don't really give a fuck about the future plans, I'm wanting to recruit for the posts we have now!
It's frustrating friend. Shit doesn't make sense.