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| Over-qualification and skills mismatch in the graduate labour market Published August 2015 |
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In recent decades the UK’s
higher education sector has expanded rapidly, but the increase in the
number of graduates has not been matched by an increase in high-skilled
jobs. Many graduates are finding themselves working in jobs that would
in previous generations have been filled by non-graduates.
Comparisons across Europe
suggest that graduate over-qualification is a particular problem for the
UK, with 58.8% of UK graduates in non-graduate jobs – a percentage only
exceeded by Greece and Estonia.
The CIPD commissioned this
report to examine the available evidence on the extent to which
graduates are over-qualified and over-skilled for the current labour
market and the ways in which the labour market and occupations may have
adapted to the growing supply of graduates.
The report suggests a
range of interpretations of the available data, but the findings raise
questions about the size of the HE sector in relation to our labour
market needs and reinforce calls for investment in alternative routes
into work for young people.
“What
we observe in much of the labour market is that graduates are
successful in finding jobs that require more skills, but we do not find
that when a graduate and a non-graduate find themselves in the same
occupation, the former necessarily has some advantage over the latter.”
Content of the report - Introduction
- The European context
- Evidence of graduate over-skilling and over-qualification in Europe
- New evidence on job upgrading in the UK
- Conclusions
- References
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