Just over a quarter of the nation's 139 million currently employed workers endured a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession, according to results of a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. And they tend to be less satisfied in their current jobs than are other workers.
Re-employed workers were more likely than others to see themselves as overqualified for their jobs, and six in 10 said they either changed careers or seriously considered doing so while they were out of work.
Pew's survey of re-employed workers was taken as the nation endures the longest bout of long-term unemployment since World War II. Almost 45 percent of the nation's 14.6 million jobless Americans have been unemployed for at least six months.
The Pew poll also found that many re-employed workers' new jobs did not last long. More than one-third of those surveyed suffered two of more periods of unemployment during the recession, and one in six was thrown out of work three or more times.
The Pew website does not have this poll listed yet, when they do? I'll update to include a link.
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