Veteran underemployment can be just as harmful and pervasive as veteran unemployment. As you exited the military, your focus may have been to find a job. Any job. Securing employment meant you could ...

Overqualified is when you work for someone else and exceed the requirements of that particular job. Underemployment is sometimes hard to classify but, as with many situations, you know it when you ...

There’s some truth to the jokes about English majors working as Starbucks baristas. Mounting evidence shows that a large minority of college graduates are underemployed, meaning they work in jobs that ...

Everyone is familiar with the tale of the bartender with an English degree or the barista who majored in business. Often, jobs like those are simply considered slight detours, or even a right of ...

The COVID-19 shutdowns in 2020 and the pandemic-related recession not only induced job loss and labor force withdrawal but also heightened concerns about the precarity and instability of work for ...

When an employer recognizes they might have an underemployed veteran on their team, there are several ways to remedy the situation and elevate the value this employee can offer. Here are a few ways to ...

Although the market is showing low levels of unemployment, underemployment continues to be a problem for many recent college graduates. Research by Burning Glass Technologies suggests that 43% of new ...

Image of a machine part with a red “For Hire” sign Source: Matt Noble / Unsplash Go to college. Get a degree. Get a job. Build a life. It’s a simple plan for success, right? Maybe not so much, anymore ...

While the unemployment rate is being touted as at an all-time low, the data doesn’t reveal the fact that millions of professionals are underemployed. Having a job is not enough. When you have a job ...

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