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Photo by Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images. More signs that the U.S. economy may not be headed into a strong recovery just yet: unemployment was at 8.6 percent in January, with underemployment ...

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November’s jobs report saw a sharp jump in a key measure of underemployment—a sign more people are taking on part-time roles because they can’t find a full-time job. The U-6 rate, which includes peopl ...

Stories of college graduates working as baristas and taxi drivers have played into a narrative about how college-degree recipients are struggling to find work that uses their education. At the same ...

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 ...

Unemployed and underemployed workers and supporters at the American Dream Movement Rally in October 2011. Creative Commons photo by David Sachs/SEIU lnternational. Paul Solman frequently answers ...

There’s been plenty of press coverage on unemployment rates (which, let’s be honest, have been bleak!) for the past several years, but what’s been seriously lacking is a social discourse on something ...

Unfortunately, as illustrated by the following statistics, far too many college graduates are not getting what they expect from a college degree: • According to Gallup’s 2017 State of the American ...