Looking for Work: 1 in 9 Americans Underemployed

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I have 6 jobs and work between 1 to 3 or 4 days a week. I have no benefits, health insurance. Everyday I look for more jobs. I am a substitute teacher, work for 3 home health agencies indifferent cities and work for 2 tutoring agencies. It is confusing. I am still not earning a living.

Leslie of NM 6:04PM March 26, 2010

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PaidOnlineSurveys of AL 1:10AM January 12, 2010

I went from a job that paid around 55,000 in 2006 when I was laid off and now I am making about 26,000 between two part time jobs without benefits what about us

Bob of PA 10:17PM March 21, 2009

I was unemployed for 6 months ..my unemployment ran out and all I could find was a part time job.....It is impossible to live on so little.

of IL 6:22PM December 07, 2008

Im looking for ajob helping people who need the help.

andreahollis of PA 10:58AM October 28, 2008

sad described what was normal during my working life, except I never got paid $18.50 an hour with or without lousy benefits.
I never believed that line about jobs Americans would not take. I always took whatever I could get.
Maybe I had the wrong attitude and should have expected more than that it was up to me to get by any way I could.
But I was glad that in this country I could find some way to get by in the best of times and the worst of times.

HillbillyBill of TN 7:12AM October 20, 2008

i know plenty of people working more than one job, and a few working two full time jobs.
here in upstate new york, good jobs are filled by word of mouth and difficult to come by.
i worked as an industrial engineer for fifteen years doing ok for upstate ny but below the national average, since then i have retrained as a registered nurse because manufacturing opportunities have faded away.
i'm a staff rn in public service, we are short staffed, we can't hire anyone, think it's the $18.50 an hour and horrible benefits?
it's not just underemployed, there are those actively searching that take over a year to find a job that are no longer being counted, those forced to work more than one job skewing the results, and those that just have to take something/anything to have a stream of income.

sad in syracuse of NY 9:00AM October 17, 2008