Underemployment

Even in Bad Times, Colleges Can Make Education Pay Off

David P. Angel | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: University, Youth Underemployment, Unemployment, College Graduation, Clark University, Underemployment, College Tuition, Unemployment Rate, Youth Unemployment, College News

I am confident that while the path for many will be daunting, we will once again affirm the return on education for our students, for our communities, and for our country.

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The Hot News: Unemployment Dipped to 8.1 Percent But What About the Chilling Effect on the Critically Thinking Unemployed

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Department of Labor, Unemployment Rate, President Obama, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Numbers, Unemployment, Underemployment, Politics News

We think 8.1 percent unemployment is great news, assuming more of the unemployed are now working. But we need to keep a critical eye on the news feeds with analytical balance. Something doesn't add up. Are we celebrating false achievement?

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One In Two College Grads Can't Find Work

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Young People Jobs, Job Market, Unemployment, Wages, Entry Level Jobs, Underemployment, Jobs, College Grads Jobs, Underpaid, College Graduates, Class of 2012, Money News

WASHINGTON — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young colleg...

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No Work for the Willing

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.26.2012

Most young men and women today want to work hard, but for those under 25 years old, work has often been impossible to find.

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Desperately Working to Stay Afloat

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Economy, Economic Crisis, Working Poor, Child Poverty, Safety Net, Food Stamps, Welfare, Minimum Wage, Underemployment, Head Start, Living Wage, Politics News

At one time, the Nations owned a home. But like so many other American families, their standard of living has declined over the past decade even though they are a two-parent working family.

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Working Poor USA

Bill Quigley | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Underemployment, Working Poor, Living Wage, Wage Theft, Unemployment, Overtime, Minimum Wage Employment, Minimum Wage, Business News

Millions of people in the U.S. work and are still poor. Here are eight points that show why the U.S. needs to dedicate itself to making work pay.

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Hartland, MI: Home Depot Hires 'Dancing Sign Guy' For Higher-Paying Sales Job

hartland.patch.com | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Underemployment, Hartland-Mi, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Joblessness, Michigan, Home News

"This is my dream job." ...

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Hartland, MI: Community Donates More Than $1,000 To 'Dancing Sign Guy'

hartland.patch.com | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Hartland Mi, Underemployment, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Unemployment, Michigan, Home News

"It's great to see people rallying around someone that's trying."...

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Unemployed Plead With Congress To Move On Jobs, Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Video, Labor Market, 99ers, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits Congress, November 2011 Jobs Report, Long Term Unemployment, Underemployment, Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs Report, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It's been two long years since Wayne Person lost his sales job, and the 59-year-old from Mount Laurel, N.J., still hasn't managed to fin...

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A Generation of CEOs Who Don't Know How to Raise Wages

Dean Baker | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Jobs, Unemployment, Skills, Wages, Wage Increases, Skilled Labor Shortage, Skilled Labor, Underemployment, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

Since it would be rude to imply that CEOs are not being honest when they complain about the lack of skilled workers, we should assume that they don't know how to raise wages.

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The Participatory Revolution

Reshma Saujani | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Technology, Young People, Occupy Wall Street, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Underemployment, Youth Unemployment, #Occupywallstreet, New York News

For too many of our young people, that once-promised American dream has given way to an American debt burden and a bleak job market.

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Target Manager Says He Was Fired 'Ironically' For Working Through Lunch

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Video, Labor, Target-Union, Workers, Unemployment, Retail Sales, Underemployment, Target, Retail, Target Stores, Business News

An 8-year veteran of Target stores has accused the retailer of firing him for working through his lunch break against company policy. In a lawsuit ...

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Report: Plan To Aid Jobless Homeowners Fails To Give Out All Its Money

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Underemployment, Mortgage Crisis, Video, Unemployment, Joblessness, Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program, Housing Crisis, Business News

A government program aimed at helping unemployed homeowners avoid foreclosure ended with more than half its money unspent. The Emergency Homeowner...

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Young Children and Unemployment

John Irons | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Children, Recession, Unemployment Rates, Unemployment and Children, Effects of Unemployment, Underemployment, Unemployed Parents, Politics News

Having an unemployed parent increases the risk for disruptions in nutrition, housing, and education -- all of which are important for a child's future.

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For Workers Stuck Part-Time, ‘Hours Are The New Bonus’

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Macy's, Walmart, Video, Labor, Workers, Retail Sales, Economy, Economic Crisis, Underemployment, Target, Retail, Ufcw, Unions, Sam's Club, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A little over two years ago, Floyd Kelly, then an associate at Walmart, transferred from one company store in Washington State to anothe...

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Deflated Barista Generation

Jim Neal | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Starbucks, College Students, Underemployment, Unemployment, Student Loans, College, Generation, College News

Living in a community loaded with talent from major universities I'm all too aware of the pressures that students feel to pursue degrees in law or business.

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Working People Are Hurting This Labor Day

Stuart Appelbaum | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Rwdsu, Labor Day, Middle Class, Underemployment, Labor Unions, Job Creation, Recession, Labor Day 2011, New York News

As we observe Labor Day 2011, it's clear that working men and women in the U.S. and Canada are hurting. As more and more money continues to be siphoned off by the wealthiest, the middle class is being decimated.

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Rep. Maxine Waters: The Tea Party Can Go Straight To Hell!

Wendy Carrillo | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Latinos, Congress, Labor, California, Unemployment, South Los Angeles, Underemployment, Working Families, Los Angeles, Tea Party, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, African Americans, Video, Los Angeles News

Waters took a stab at Congressional leadership who have caved to the unrealistic demands of the Tea Party -- demands that don't reflect the values, issues or concerns of a vast majority of Americans.

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Enough Is Enough

Rep. Elijah Cummings | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: US Economy, Elijah Cummings, Underemployment, Financial Crisis, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Politics News

Enough with the inaction, enough with the inflammatory rhetoric, and enough with the partisan gamesmanship. The American people have spoken. It's time to listen and act.

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WATCH: Thousands Pack Into South Side Job Fair

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Video, Bobby Rush, Illinois Unemployment, Unemployment, President Obama, Crowded Job Fair, Underemployment, Packed Job Fair, Jobs, Obama, Illinois Jobs, Job Fair, Chicago Unemployment, Chicago News

While unemployment numbers fell slightly nationwide this week, there are still thousands without jobs in the Chicago area-- and some 7,000 jobseekers ...

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Walmart Job Applicants: 'I'll Take Anything'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Jobs Numbers, Walmart, Unemployment, Great Recession, Economy, Economic Crisis, Underemployment, Jobs Report, Economic Recovery, Wal-Mart, Business News

SPRINGFIELD, Penn. -- Among those here in the parking lot of the Masonic Hall, there's an abiding sense that the economic recovery has stalled, if it ...

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Underemployed Under The Radar On The North Shore

Glenview, IL Patch | Carrie Miller Email the Author | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Underemployment, North Shore, North Shore Patch, Jobs, North Shore Employment, Chicagoland Patch, Chicago News

Less than a year ago, Tim Hendricks was a vice president and stock trader 21 years into a career at Merrill Lynch in downtown Chicago. These days Hend...

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Hunger Doesn't Take A Vacation

Rev. Larry Hollon | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Underemployment, Hunger, Food Banks, Second Harvest Food Bank, Hunger in America, Poverty in America, Second Harvest Backpack Program, Galatians 6:2, Childhood Hunger, Middle Tennessee Second Harvest, Religion News

One in five children in my state of Tennessee is at risk of hunger. But this is not just a Tennessee crisis. Nationally, one in four children are at risk of going to bed hungry.

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Underemployed College Graduates Less Likely To Be Happy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Education, Unemployment, College, Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale, Underemployment, Gallup Poll, Higher Education, Gallup, Hadley Cantril, Happiness, Business News

With unemployment at 9.1 percent, and the broader underemployment rate at 15.8 percent, a Gallup poll released Wednesday suggests that higher-educated...

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How I Got a Job After Two Years Without One

Naomi Cohn | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Underemployment, Unemployment, U.S. Economy, Older Workers, Women News

After being unemployed for two years, I am working again. Instead of being one of the nearly 14 million Americans who are unemployed, I am one of the 8.5 million underemployed, earning about a third of what I was making before I was laid off.

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