The stress of unemployment has some jobseekers "doomjobbing"
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“"Doomjobbing" is the combination of "doomscrolling" and job search.”
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Three independent web search results explicitly define 'doomjobbing' as a term derived from 'doomscrolling' applied to the context of job searching.
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— What doomjobbing actually means. The term doomjobbing borrows directly from doomscrolling, the late-2010s habit of bingeing bad news on social media until your nervous system gives out. Doomjobbing ap…
https://www.metaintro.com/blog/doomjobbing-2026-job-hunt-bur…
https://www.metaintro.com/blog/doomjobbing-2026-job-hunt-bur…
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— Doomjobbing is the habit of endlessly scrolling job listings and applying without strategy, creating the illusion of productivity while actually hurting job search success. Here’s why it’s becoming a …
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/doomjobbing-is-the-new-d…
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/doomjobbing-is-the-new-d…
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— In other words, job searching should function more like a strategy—and less like a reflex. The Hidden Cost Of Staying Stuck. “Doomjobbing” may feel productive, but over time it quietly erodes your pro…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2026/04/08/doomjo…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2026/04/08/doomjo…
“some job seekers find themselves constantly refreshing job sites and frantically applying to new roles”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists entirely of dictionary definitions for the word 'some' and does not contain any information regarding job seeker behavior, refreshing job sites, or application habits.
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— When some is used without a number, most commentators feel that somewhat is to be preferred. Their advice is an oversimplification, however; only when some modifies an adjective, usually a comparative…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some
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— It'll be some time before we meet again. It was some years later when they next met. We discussed the problem at some length.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/some
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/some
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— You use some to emphasize that a quantity or number is fairly small. For example, if something happens to some extent, it happens a little.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/some
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/some
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