You evade. That would be the answer to the question "In what direction does the total unemployment/underemployment rate move"?, a question neither you nor I asked.
You have not addressed your reliance on only counting those receiving UI benefits as unemployed. How do you account for those who are looking for work, but receive no benefits? By what terminology do you designate them?
Keep in mind also that "civilian work force" includes people not looking for a job....
You are again mistaken. From the report:
The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.Are you going to post a leading business media report of a mass factory hiring to show us what has been selectively ignored, or will you ignore that suggestion?