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Business News Daily That job you hate might be driving you crazy, but the side effects can extend far beyond your mental and emotional well-being. Research published in the journal Human Relations found that employees who stayed at organizations either out of obligation or perceived lack of other job options were more likely than other…

Author Michael Alan Tate talks about job searches in today’s world and his new book The White Shirt: a practical guide to finding your life-giving career at any stage in life on TAB News. Listen or download the episode.

Forbes.com More and more millennials – 51% in 2016, compared to 41% in 2013 – report being underemployed according to a survey conducted by Accenture. Read more >

Forbes.com The data are actually pretty scary: 44% of college grads in their 20s are stuck in low-wage, dead-end jobs, the highest rate in decades, the and the number of young people making less than $25,000 has also spiked to the highest level since the 1990s. Read more >

MarketWatch.com Some 34% of millennials who hold a PhD report being underemployed, compared to 27% for Generation Xers and 25% of boomers, according to a new report by Millennial Branding, a branding and consulting firm, and PayScale, a company that collects data on salaries. Millennial MDs are underemployed at a rate of 30%, versus 22%…

USNews Purpose. You need to have a purpose, whether you’re retired or not. Many retirees have a hard time adjusting to an unstructured lifestyle and plunge into depression. Working part time on something you care about will ease the transition and give you a purpose. If you don’t need the money, then volunteering for an…

PsychCentral Australian National University researchers have found that, from a mental health perspective, you may be better off being unemployed rather than being in a bad job. Using data from the 20-year Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project, the team looked at the mental health effects of being in a “bad job” –…