{"id":99288,"date":"2026-10-08T07:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=99288"},"modified":"2026-10-08T07:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:49:45","slug":"gifted-article-the-unexpected-toll-of-searching-endlessly-for-a-new-job-carpenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2026\/10\/08\/gifted-article-the-unexpected-toll-of-searching-endlessly-for-a-new-job-carpenter\/","title":{"rendered":"[Gifted article] The unexpected toll of searching endlessly for a new job [Carpenter]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unexpected toll of searching endlessly for a new job<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0— from washingtonpost.com by Julia Carpenter [this is a gifted article]<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\u201cGhost job\u201d postings, AI interviewers and a lack of in-person connection can take a toll on your mental health.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A prolonged job search doesn\u2019t just sap job seekers of time, money and energy \u2014 for many, the hunt takes a devastating toll on their mental health.<\/p>\n

Although unemployment rates in the United States have been historically low<\/a>, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more than a quarter of jobless people qualify as \u201clong-term unemployed<\/a>,\u201d meaning they have been hunting for 27 weeks or more.
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\u201cA prolonged job search isn\u2019t simply a logistical challenge,\u201d she said. \u201cIt erodes a person\u2019s confidence over time and their sense of agency, along with their financial security, obviously.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Studies show unemployment is linked to the development of mental disorders<\/a>, including anxiety and depression. Long-term job seekers describe heightened stress and exhaustion, which can make the everyday work of a job hunt feel even more burdensome, said Mindy Shoss, professor of industrial and organizational psychology at the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nI retired at the end of 2021, so I haven’t been in any kind of job search for years now. But I went through a time of job searching back in 2017 that lasted 9 months. I had some part-time work during that time, but nothing like the long work weeks that I was used to for years. It was a highly emotional time for me. Putting in the work to apply for a job took me at least a day per job application. Over time, not hearing anything back was discouraging. It’s hard not to take things personally, even though I knew these were business decisions. (But I also strongly believed that I faced age discrimination.) Putting oneself out there in a job search can be highly grueling and discouraging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As any good job searching firm will tell you, networking is key. Students — know that up front. Go find out about networking, and if you aren’t doing it now, start doing it as soon as you can.<\/strong> Start to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Share relevant and useful information via a blog, out on LinkedIn, or via other types of social media<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Develop contacts and help them out whenever possible<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Connect people to each other<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Don’t just initiate something with your network when you need something. Feed your network constantly. (Though I will say, my network on LinkedIn was very little help to me. It turned out that the people I knew locally came through for me the most.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The unexpected toll of searching endlessly for a new job\u00a0— from washingtonpost.com by Julia Carpenter [this is a gifted article] \u201cGhost job\u201d postings, AI interviewers and a lack of in-person connection can take a toll on your mental health. A prolonged job search doesn\u2019t just sap job seekers of time, money and energy \u2014 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[387,174,72,848,141,177,500,480,293,66,321,367,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-career-development","category-daniel-s-christian","category-emotion","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-expectations","category-hearts-matters-of-the-heart","category-society","category-sociology","category-student-related","category-united-states","category-vendors","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99288"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99296,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99288\/revisions\/99296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}