Is There Any Help for the Underemployed?
A problem that is a strong second to unemployment is underemployment.
The term underemployment is a word that most people have never heard of. Underemployment can denotatively be defined as someone who works part-time but would prefer to work full time; connotatively it can be defined as when a person works at a job that does not fully utilize his/her work skills. According to the Gallup daily news underemployment rose to 20.3% in March of 2010 which declined to 18.9% in April. Underemployment has caused many people to question the need to obtain post-secondary education. People will question it because they will be labeled as overqualified. If people have successfully obtained post-secondary education and have worked in the workforce 5 more years their qualifications will be far beyond entry-level. They will have no choice but to settle for a menial job just for the sake of being employed. Unfortunately they will fall into the category of the underemployed. I too have experienced my share of underemployment. Being underemployed can be very embarrassing at times. As a result of the bad economy many people have been displaced and are working out of their career fields. This is an ongoing problem that is showing no signs of improvement. Just the fact of knowing that you are more educated and knowledgeable than your superiors is enough to drive one to the edge of sanity.
Although underemployment is not considered to be much of a problem in the United States as unemployment, yet it still needs to be addressed. There are people in this country that sometimes work as many as three different jobs just to make ends meet but they are still by certain standards underemployed. If underemployment continues to be overlooked it will eventually lead to an uneducated top and mid level workforce.
Published by F.T. Ogletree
I was born in Atlanta, Ga but I now reside in Macon, Ga where I have been for the past 13 years. I worked for Powertel which is now T-Mobile. I assisted in launching GSM cellular in the Middle Georgia area... View profile
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