Mar's Experience with Job Precarity and Underemployment in Post-Crisis Spain
The experience of Mar, a member of Spain's 'scarred generation,' exemplifies the challenges of job precarity and underemployment for highly-educated individuals. Despite extensive qualifications—including a journalism degree, two master's degrees, and the beginning of a PhD—her work history consisted of a series of unstable and mismatched roles, such as a receptionist, community manager, and trainee. This lack of stable, skilled employment directly impacted her ability to achieve major life milestones, leading her to question, 'How am I going to buy a house or become a mother if I do not even have a stable job?' Ultimately, the absence of suitable career prospects in her home country prompted her to emigrate.
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