Abstract

This article examines how inequalities in digital skills shape the outcomes of online job‐seeking processes. Building on a representative survey of Spanish job seekers, we show that people with high digital skill levels have a greater probability of securing a job online, because of their ability to create a coherent profile and make their application visible. Additionally, it is less probable that they will experience burnout during this process than job seekers with low digital skill levels. Given the concentration of digital skills amongst people with high levels of material and digital resources, we conclude that the internet enforces existing material and health inequalities.

Details

Title
Jobless and Burnt Out: Digital Inequality and Online Access to the Labor Market
Author
De Marco, Stefano; Dumont, Guillaume; Helsper, Ellen Johanna; Díaz-Guerra, Alejandro; Antino, Mirko; Rodríguez-Muñoz, Alfredo; Martínez-Cantos, José-Luis
Pages
184-197
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Cogitatio Press
e-ISSN
21832803
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2919842881
Copyright
© 2023. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.