Grogan, who holds an MBA and an undergraduate
degree in finance, has worked for years in management, but his latest
job at the United States Bowling Congress was cut in one of the first
waves of layoffs last year.
He's now making about one-third of the income he brought in before, but he's happy to have a job.
Grogan is one of thousands of area residents who is considered to
be underemployed, which means a person is either working part time when
he or she previously worked full time, or that a person is working a
full-time job, but using fewer or none of the skills he or she
previously used in another career.
Nationwide,
about 6 percent of the working population is underemployed, and across
the state, about 6 percent, said Don Schunk, a research economist at
Coastal Carolina University.
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