The rise of ‘doomjobbing’ reveals a hiring system nobody trusts

There’s a word for aimlessly scrolling job ads without mustering the energy to apply to any of them. That word is “doomjobbing,” and it’s often fueled by the anxiety and uncertainty many workers are experiencing from navigating a turbulent and frustrating job market. The term was seemingly coined by an 8-year-old girl who saw her dad scrolling jobs on LinkedIn after being laid off, and it perfectly captures the feeling of helplessness after redundancy or becoming dissatisfied in a...