The hidden tax of job searching while employed
Between back-to-back client calls, you're sneaking in LinkedIn DMs. You're taking "dentist appointments" for Zoom interviews. You're updating your portfolio at 11pm.
Nobody talks about how exhausting it is to run a full job search on top of a 50-hour week.
Is the emotional toll worth it? Almost always yes. External moves still yield 20–30% bumps vs. the 3% you'd get staying put.
How are you managing the juggle?

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It does sometimes seem like finding a job is harder than the eventual job could ever be. Asking if the emotional toll of job searching is worth it is not really a question. It's simply something that has to be done. In this job market I'm not terribly motivated to be actively job searching, but when I've done it I just found ways to encourage myself to keep plugging away.

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You hit the nail on the head. I have always found it to be worth it though. Moving internally has never paid me more than what I could making jumping ship.

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