Pandemic Job Search Anxiety is Common; How You Channel It May Make the Difference

Pandemic Job Search Anxiety is Common; How You Channel It May Make the Difference COVID-19-related anxiety can undermine or re-energize job seekers, depending on how they process it, according to new research out of the Eller College of Management. Andy Ober Today University CommunicationsJob-Interview-Masks.jpg Gabriel said it stands to reason that anyone entering the job market for the first time during a global pandemic would be feeling added anxiety.Business and LawHealthEller College of ManagementExpertsResearch Media contact(s)Sofia Sanchez Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Eller College of Managementsofiasanchez@email.arizona.edu520-621-3851 Researcher contact(s)Allison Gabriel McClelland Professor of Management and Organizations, Eller College of Managementasgabriel@email.arizona.edu520-621-1053Job seeking, even during a good year, can be a stressful experience. Add in a global pandemic and constrained job markets, and anxiety abounds in many job seekers. That anxiety can be tied to both positive and negative results, according to new research out of the University of ArizonaEller College of Management.The research, led byAllison Gabriel, McClelland Professor of Management and Organizations and University Distinguished Scholar, is published in theJournal of Applied Psychology.Gabriel said it makes sense that anyone entering the job market for the first time would be feeling added anxiety because of the havoc being wreaked on labor markets by the g...
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