Jobless and Burnt Out: Digital Inequality and Online Access to the Labor Market

• De Marco, Stefano ^[1] ; Dumont, Guillaume ^[4] ; Helsper, Ellen Johanna ^[2] ; Díaz-Guerra, Alejandro ^[3] ; Antino, Mirko ^[3] ; Rodríguez-Muñoz, Alfredo ^[3] ; Martínez-Cantos, José-Luis ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad de Salamanca

     Universidad de Salamanca

     Salamanca, España

     
  2. [2] London School of Economics and Political Science

     London School of Economics and Political Science

     Reino Unido

     
  3. [3] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
  4. [4] OCE Research Center, Emlyon Business School, France

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• Localización: Social Inclusion, ISSN-e 2183-2803, Vol. 11, Nº. 4, 2, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Digitalization of Working Worlds and Social Inclusion), págs. 184-197
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.17645/si.v11i4.7017
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  • 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.