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Angry young job-seekers who ‘rage apply’ end up sabotaging themselves

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Little good can come out of reacting and hitting hiring managers with the same standard application, says the writer.

Little good can come out of reacting and hitting hiring managers with the same standard application, says the writer.

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Sriram Iyer

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In the workplace,

2022’s buzzphrase was “quiet quitting”

, where employees just do the bare minimum at work and give higher priority to their private lives. This year, a new phrase has gained prominence: “rage applying”.

Rage applying shares a link with quiet quitting, espoused by an individual who feels disconnected from their job, whether because they were overlooked for promotion, unsupported by a supervisor or simply feel under-appreciated.

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