. >> words of bob bruno a labor professor at the university of illinois, he calls america's job market bipolar. thanks for being with us. >> the my pleasure. >> you heard that story, this yuck woman has grawd from university, this woman's doing temp jocks and she's doing nannying and working in food service. that was always a precursor to getting something else. you're saying that's not necessarily the case. this poor woman may end up working in that for a long time. >> i think that's a great fear. there used to to be something full time and if you had that college degree it would unfold into a career with career ladders. but what we've seen not just in this last jobs report, is that people are cobbling together part time jobs. one, two, sometimes three and a good portion of these folks more than almost a third actually have college degrees and almost 40% have some college. so my great fear is this is becoming a kind of new normal, a hole in the labor market. >> tell me what the rich is to the fact that we had a recession, people lost their savings and so people stayed in the workforce

labor relations professor bob bruno disagrees. "the reality is that there are too many people pursuing too few jobs. // frankly, work multiple part-time jobs still can't cut it." the labor department says there were 3.9 million job openings in october. but 11.3 million people seeking work. the long- term unemployment rate is 2.6%. ---twice as high as when benefits ended for long-term jobless americans in the three previous recessions. some senate republicans have indicated that they might support an extension, but tennessee's bob corker wants to know what cuts would happen elsewhere to offset the cost. think tanks on both ends of the political spectrum suggest other remedies as well. the american enterprise institute has proposed congress come up with job-relocation assistance for job seekers. while the center on economic policy research wants to create incentives for employers to promote worksharing programs. this is back to work day for millions of minimum wage workers and in 13 states, they'll have gotten a raise. in most of th