Based on your career goals and economic situation, would you identify yourself as underemployed? As defined by NY State Department of Labor, underemployment refers to individuals in the following categories: if they are (1) individuals employed less than full-time who are seeking full-time employment; (2) individuals who are employed in a position that is inadequate with respect to their skills and training; (3) individuals who are employed who meet the definition of a low-income individual; (4) individuals who are employed, but whose current job’s earnings are less than the self-sufficiency wage rate, or are not sufficient based on their training and experience or compared to their earnings from their previous employment; and (5) individuals who are employed in stopgap employment. *