Job Seeker’s Competition Isn’t Always “Unemployed”

Unemployment remains relatively static at 9.6% nationwide.  Today, these statistically documented out-of-work job seekers are not just competing for positions with their unemployed counterparts but also with the growing number of    statistically undocumented “underemployed and underpaid” workers trying to lay their claim to additional superfluous income.

      Traditionally, these workers are employed individuals who have taken significantly less paying  positions due to a previous layoff, early retirement, or for other reasons. To sustain or maintain a previous lifestyle, these workers look to supplement their current decreased household income status by adding a part-time or even a second full time position on a different shift.  Although seeking a part-time position to supplement income is not a new concept, it has grown since economic downsizing has created so many unemployed and under-employed workers.  Because the majority of the focus is on the unemployed, under-employed workers customarily tend to slip under the economic radar and therefore are not seen as a “threat” to the unemployed workers