When is desperation called for - Nothing else on offer

When is desperation in the job hunt called for? Desperation has led me into my last 3 jobs. I have taken them because I had nothing else on offer, or because they were slightly better than the previous job. None have been ideal (by any stretch of the imaginaton), but more importantly, these were all jobs that fell onto my lap by sheer coincidence. Now I am on the job hunt again, where is the fine line between taking any job, and holding it for something marginally better?

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Just wanted to say that I'm in a really desperate situation myself. I already had FT working experience but I need to get something before the gap in my resume lengthens any further

 

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