Overqualified candidates might be valuable talent source
Graham Simons
30 April 2019
Recruiters have been urged not to miss out on valuable talent pools by refusing to even consider seemingly overqualified candidates for jobs.
The warning follows the release of research by the Office for National Statistics this week that reveals 31% of graduates are overeducated for the jobs they were doing in 2017.
Commenting on the findings, Kevin Charles, consulting barrister at Crossland Employment Solicitor, told Recruiter even though cases – brought by candidates overlooked for jobs due...
