underemployment
Partial use of skills
Underemployment is working less than one wants to or in a job beneath one's qualifications.
Someone with a graduate degree waiting tables is underemployed; so is a part-timer seeking full-time hours.
The term captures economic slack that unemployment statistics miss: The region suffers from high underemployment despite low official jobless rates.
Too capable for position
- underutilizedInsufficiently put to work
- overeducatedSchooled beyond practical need
- credential inflationRising educational requirements
- deskillingReducing job complexity
career stagnation · underchallenged · misemployment · underachievement
Work based on temporary contracts
- temporaryLimited in duration
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- contractualRelating to formal agreements
- hourlyOnce each sixty minutes
casual · on-call · per diem · zero-hours · reduced hours · job sharing · shift work · freelance
Prolonged economic decline
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- slackAbsence of tautness
- underutilizationInsufficient use of resources
- joblessnessState without paid work
low productivity · downturn · underinvestment · deindustrialization
overqualified
Too capable for position
- underutilizedInsufficiently put to work
- overeducatedSchooled beyond practical need
- credential inflationRising educational requirements
deskilling · career stagnation · underchallenged · misemployment · underachievement
gig economy
Work based on temporary contracts
- temporaryLimited in duration
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- contractualRelating to formal agreements
hourly · casual · on-call · per diem · zero-hours · reduced hours · job sharing · shift work · freelance · adjunct
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- slackAbsence of tautness
- underutilizationInsufficient use of resources
joblessness · low productivity · downturn · underinvestment · deindustrialization
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- job marketjobs, job seekers, job search, job hunting, hiring
- workforceworkers, employees, labor force, worker, labor
- employment statushired, fired, employed, retired, laid off
- hard timeshardship, struggle, struggling, tough times, joblessness
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, trouble, struggle
employ, employee, employment, employer, unemployed, unemployment, employable, unemployable, underuse