Right now the government of Canada has hiring subsidies for under- and un-employed individuals. According to them, underemployed encompasses 3 categories: employed part-time, employed in a position below your skill level, OR employed in a contract lasting less than 6 months.
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Gary Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: > Mal, I always thought that "under-employed" meant working in a job that was > below your training, not a comment on full or part-time status, or term or > permanent (although you could argue about that last one I suppose). So > underemployed for a PhD might be working in a job that only required a > Masters or BSc degree. > > On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 3:30 PM, malcolm McCallum < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I could be wrong, but > > Under-employed does not = temporary. > > Under-employed indicates you are not working fulltime. > > > > There are plenty of jobs in life in which you are employed as a term > > employee. > > That does not mean you are either unemployed or under-employed. > > > > > > - > Gary D. Grossman, PhD > > Professor of Animal Ecology > Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources > University of Georgia > Athens, GA, USA 30602 > > Research & teaching web site - > http://grossman.myweb.uga.edu/<http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egrossman> > > Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation > Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology > Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish > > Sculpture by Gary D. Grossman > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Grossmans-Sculpture-Portfolio/124819124227147 > <http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#%21/album.php?aid=2002317&id=1348406658 > > > > Hutson Gallery Provincetown, MA - www.hutsongallery.net/artists.html > > My ukulele channel - www.youtube.com/user/garydg29 > -- Rebecca
