Part-timeJob

One of the worst things about the recession may turn out to be one of the best things about it: The layoffs are creating a new workforce -- the part-time workforce. Cobbling together enough part-time jobs to add up to full-time work is becoming the skill set of the new part-time workforce. A new...

More people are underemployed, or "involuntary part-time workers," a factor that started before the current recession in December 2007, according to recent figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hooray. I (and 7.3 million other people working part-time for economic reasons) have a...