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A broader measure from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that also includes involuntary part-timers and other marginal workers puts the combined unemployment and <em>underemployment<\/em> rate at 16.6%. And the Pew Research survey finds that among all adults in the labor force, fully 32% say that they are either now unemployed or that they had been unemployed for some period of time since the recession began.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Long-term Blues:<\/strong><\/em> Of all currently-unemployed adults, 46% have been out of work for six months or more, by far the highest share measured by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in the post-World War II era. Short-term spells of unemployment typically do not lead to significant breaks in career paths or major financial losses\u2014but long-term spells often do.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/legacy\/759-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"506\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Payday Blues:<\/strong><\/em> The unemployed are not the only ones hit by this recession. More than four-in-ten (42%) currently employed workers say that during the recession they have experienced at least one of the following: had their hours reduced (28%); had their pay cut (23%); had to take unpaid leave (12%) or saw their full-time jobs shrink to part time (11%). Workers across all demographic groups were affected, but these blows landed most heavily on minorities and workers with only a high school diploma or less education.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Career Impact:<\/strong><\/em> About a quarter (24%) of all adults\u2014and 43% of all currently unemployed adults\u2014say the recession will have a big impact on their ability to achieve their long-term career goals. Also, workers who lost a job during this recession but have since found a new one (26% of currently employed adults) are less likely than other workers to say they are satisfied with their job and more likely to say they are overqualified.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unemployment Blues: High as they are, measures such as the unemployment rate (9.7% in May 2010) and the median length of unemployment (23.2 weeks) still don&#8217;t fully convey the scope of the employment crisis that has unfolded during this recession. 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