The economy added 120,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dipped in November to 8.6 percent. In the past three months, 650,000 workers 16-24 finally found jobs. But is this a sign of a recovery, or another economic mirage.
The Takeaway considers the demographics of underemployment and Jeffrey Wenger, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Analysis at the University of Georgia, breaks down the industries and who’s working for them, part of the time.
Marci Alboher is a freelance writer/journalist/author/blogger/speaker who focuses on career and workplace trends. She talks about how to diversify your career portfolio in these tough times.
Roughly 6.4 million American workers are underemployed. In a few days the Department of Labor will post new underemployment numbers that are likely to be even higher.
In the Takeaway’s continuing series on underemployment, we take a look at how having to shift to part time work can affect health insurance coverage. As more and more companies cut worker hours, who will cover the medical bills?
Tracking the underemployed amid a financial crisis
As the first installment of a new series at The Takeaway, hosts John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji take a look at the underemployed and how they fit into a labor market squeezed by a deepening recession.
