more jobs on the market

One keeps reading that the job market is picking up, that the economy is gaining steam and that things will be getting back on track. And then on the other hand, one sees news about more debt crises and so on, which is never a good thing. What I think is a good measurement of things looking up is companies actively recruiting, so when I see that System Engineer Jobs are in demand, then it's more of a truer gauge of the state of the economy. Also, when I see that people are changing jobs more readily, it makes me feel that ok, things will get better soon. So much of all this is how one perceives it, isn't it, how one thinks things will turn out. Just a bit of philosophy!