We use novel high-frequency panel data on individuals' job applications from a job posting website to study how job seekers direct their applications over the course of job search. We find that at the beginning of search, applicants are sorted across vacancies by education. As search continues,...

We construct a multi-sector search and matching model where the unemployed receive idiosyncratic productivity shocks that make working in certain sectors more productive than in the others. Agents must decide which sector to search in and face moving costs when leaving their current sector for...