Almost 10% of Romanian employees believe that they are overqualified for the positions they occupy, according to data from EU’s statistical office Eurostat.

Moreover, most of those who think that they have more skills than their jobs require are university graduates.

“Young people with higher education must begin their career with jobs below their level of training, and they accumulate frustrations. They finished a faculty at the Academy of Economic Studies and get a job in a reception, answer phones in a call center, or archive documents,” said Raluca Penes, HR coordinator at Smartree Romania, reports local Mediafax.

At European level, nearly 20% of employees see themselves as being overqualified for their jobs. The highest figures are registered in Spain (50.3%), followed by Slovakia (42.5%), Cyprus (39.6%), Bulgaria (31.4 %), and Portugal (27.5%).

On the other hand, the lowest percentages are reported in Hungary (8.6%), Romania (9.3%), Belgium (10.2%), and Germany (10.4%).

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com