03. The Horrors of Job Seeking: Anxiety and Other Effects on Well-being

On average, a job-seeker goes through 100+ applications before receiving an offer for a job they want (no, that was not a typo). What's more, during more difficult economic periods the process of finding work can sometimes drag on and the necessary evil becomes an almost literal Damoclean sword. Anxiety and other illness as a result of long-term unsuccessful job-hunting is a real thing. In this episode we look at the exact psychological effects adversity in the job search can bring about.