

I can’t comment about anywhere else, but the UK job market broke down pre-COVID.
Post-COVID it has gotten even worse as even more skills are automated. About the only job sectors actively recruiting are the NHS (primarily nurses), STEM teachers (primary/secondary), retail, and hospitality.
They’re all high stress with a comparatively low wage - the latter 2 tend not to pay living wages and also tend to be “shift work” (i.e. 0 hour contracts).
For those of us holding other jobs, this market has led to wage squeezes and a sharp decline in working conditions. Most folks have taken an effective pay cut, and workload models are squeezing more tasks into each role.
Overall, it’s a clusterfuck of epic proportions.






























A lot of the issue with logic problems is the “common sense” element required. With purely geometric problems, there are less of these to worry about.
Chess problems also work well to teach logical step application.