| Either way, many students are sucked into the workforce at entry-level posts, grumbling that they're overqualified and underpaid. |
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| She got the job, for which she was overqualified, because only she was willing to accept an untenured post. |
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| Many Jordanians now take jobs for which they are overqualified, simply to survive. |
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| I've got a horrible feeling that I'm actually drastically overqualified for the job, and that I'm going to be wasting their time. |
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| He has a shelf full of Pulitzer Prizes and is probably overqualified to have any discussion with the panel on this program. |
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| A man, in other words, who is completely overqualified for the job of cable news talk show host. |
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| Some employers may even regard them as overqualified, with over-high expectations. |
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| Recently a newer colleague remarked to me that I must be overqualified for what I have to do. |
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| I forgot how demeaning it is to get rejected for a job you're overqualified for and really didn't want in the first place. |
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| Recent figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that ever more graduates are taking on jobs for which they are overqualified. |
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| Many immigrant women working in these sectors are overqualified, which poses a real problem. |
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| Thus, a general policy or practice against the hiring of overqualified candidates affects them differently from others to whom it may also apply. |
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| That means that they may either lack experience or simply be overqualified for work on other types of ship. |
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| They often have to accept jobs which pay less and for which they are overqualified. |
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| Young people therefore tend to go for general education at the risk of feeling overqualified in their jobs. |
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| In an economy where everyone is overqualified, having an advanced degree is virtually worthless. |
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| Nine years ago, making 1,000 euro a month was a nightmare for overqualified 30-somethings. |
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| Somehow, when I drop my application at a movie theatre or an office or the library, I always feel silly because I know I'm ridiculously overqualified for the post. |
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| You can't help being overqualified for a position, but you can tailor your resume and cover letter so that it more accurately speaks to the position for which you're applying. |
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| What really happened was that for many decades offices employed vastly overqualified women to be secretaries, paying them a fraction of what they were worth. |
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| The definition of direct discrimination is necessary in view of the segregation of women and men in the labour market and the concentration of women in low-paid and low-status jobs for which they are often overqualified. |
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| The issue of immigrants working in positions for which they are overqualified has been the subject of considerable public discussion and debate in Canada. |
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| The lawyers stated that the ratio of lawyers to support staff was high, requiring them to spend time on administrative tasks, such as photocopying, for which they were overqualified. |
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| Half of those employed were not working in their field of expertise, half felt overqualified for their current job, and one quarter were working more than one job in order to improve their financial circumstances. |
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| We opted for these indicators as a feeling of being overqualified for a certain job or being dissatisfied in a job are important factors leading people to change job or employer. |
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| They are up against such arguments as not being so healthy, having difficulties learning, being overqualified and therefore too expensive, no longer being highly productive. |
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| But it also found that even if the complainant had not been screened out as overqualified, he still would not have been hired, as other candidates had more suitable education and experience. |
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| When native-born Canadians are refused jobs for which they are overqualified, they generally have the option of seeking work better suited to their resumes. |
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| That command was in response to an Inspector's General report that more than 25,000 persons were overqualified. |
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| You might for example, omit an advanced degree so you won't appear overqualified for a particular position. |
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| This makes Herman Cain look like an overqualified candidate. |
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| The evidence showed that while the complainant possessed the basic qualifications, he was in fact overqualified for the job, and for this reason he was not hired. |
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| Even Japanese graduates with PhDs from foreign universities despair of getting jobs at big Japanese firms because they will be seen as overqualified. |
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| They also bear some responsibility for the 17m who are overqualified for their jobs, and for the 3m unfilled positions for which skilled workers cannot be found. |
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| Many are overqualified for their jobs, and ought to move into more appropriate ones as their English and social networks become stronger. Some are already doing so. |
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| By deliberately highlighting this area, we could counter the assumption that migrant women are not qualified anyway, and the tendency to keep overqualified women in underqualified jobs. |
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| I was able to work part-time at various positions for which I was grossly overqualified, because I needed to have part-time work and because of my mobility restriction. |
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| In advanced economies, for instance, mismatch often refers to higher skilled young people employed in jobs for which they are overqualified. |
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| In general, workers who were older and therefore more likely to be at a more advanced stage in their careers were less likely to feel that they were overqualified for their jobs. |
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| The Tribunal found that when an employer adopts a rule against the hiring of overqualified candidates, such a rule has a discriminatory effect on visible minority immigrant candidates. |
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| Rather than equipping overqualified engines, the automaker often selects powertrains that are able to deliver balance to the vehicles that they reside in. |
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| There's faux jeopardy, tension and dirty tricks, which even to the untrained eye is as clear to spot as the miscasting of overqualified Adam Shaw. |
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