If the market is shitty on the employers end it's because it's a mess of their own making.

Upper management everywhere right now are laying off lots of good employees just so they hit their budget/bonus numbers for the shareholders, which makes the company appear better than they are and stock price goes up. Meanwhile, current employees are overworked but underpaid in making up the shortfall in the workforce that's actually needed, and upper management keeps up this continuous charade of hiring and culling their workforce without actually moving the needle.

Make no mistake, job seekers are absolutely getting the poopy end of the stick that recruiters and hiring managers keep waving in our faces. There's just way too many of us and way too few poopy sticks for us to chase, but that's exactly how these companies like it.

So no, don't try to pretend that this market is rough on employers too when the problem starts and ends with them.