If job seekers perceive a stereotype as negative, they are likely to feel it as threat or as a challenge.

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Metastereotypes can affect job applications because when job seekers feel that they don’t pertain to qualities or traits that they see in job ads, they are less likely to see it as something appealing or something that they are qualified for. 

Job applications affect job seekers perception

Koçak, A., Rooman, C., Duyck, W., & Derous, E. (2022). Mind the ad: How personality requirements affect older and younger job seekers' job attraction. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95, 718– 737. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12396

Mind the ad: How personality requirements affect older and younger job seekers' job attraction

The effect of job seekers perceiving stereotypes

•	Where their social identity feels seen

•	Facing challenge 


What leads to job attraction

•	Social identity threat

•	How metastereotypes are worded 


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