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The report noted that a key reason why some countries face labor shortages despite having ample numbers of unemployed or underemployed workers is a mismatch between jobs and skills and education.
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Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune Asia, 28 May 2024
It’s loosely based on a nineteen-eighties TV series of the same title, in which Lee Majors played an underemployed stuntman named Colt Seavers, who moonlighted as a bounty hunter.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
For instance, much cybercrime is masterminded by underemployed men from countries with underdeveloped tech economies.
—Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
Ten years after graduation, the vast majority of those underemployed graduates remain in noncollege jobs.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune Asia, 28 May 2024
It’s loosely based on a nineteen-eighties TV series of the same title, in which Lee Majors played an underemployed stuntman named Colt Seavers, who moonlighted as a bounty hunter.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
For instance, much cybercrime is masterminded by underemployed men from countries with underdeveloped tech economies.
—Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
Ten years after graduation, the vast majority of those underemployed graduates remain in noncollege jobs.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemployed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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