Both myself and my spouse have seen employee retirements in the last several months. I saw of wave of them at the end of the year, as people planned their tax efficient exits. This is anecdotal of course, but there is a significant set of job seekers out there, many looking looking to change fields. Unfortunately, they often don't have the qualifications.
Our surveys indicate people have really enjoyed working from home and some companies are making it a permanent shift. They are giving up offices leases and consolidating assets (and commercial real estate markets are shifting to logistics, retail and housing).
That is the case in one end of the spectrum. I think we've all seen the "help wanted" signs across retail, restaurant and services. (And the resulting pay increases and benefit changes, a good thing and the natural response) It is hard to reconcile with the fact that unemployment is still relatively high in my state and community college enrollment in my state is way down (lower skill workers are not seeking education).
On a few points brought up earlier in the thread... my megacorp has had few issues with setting up high tech SW/engineering positions in China, India, other parts of Asia and Europe. The productivity or work quality hasn't been problematic in most instances. China had been a problem with turnover. Interns are seen not as a gap filler but rather as a pipeline to bring new workers in. It is really a recruiting tool (and used worldwide). The decent all leave with an offer in hand for graduation.