While I agree about the spam part, I'll have to disagree about the availability of jobs.

It depends on the city/market, but maybe I can offer an example that will help put this in perspective: I held a systems analyst position from 1992 to 1995. When I applied for that job, I was one of 20-25 applicants. A friend of mine remained as an administrator in that department. When they opened the exact same position earlier this year, they had more than *500* applicants.