CNA938 Rewind - Most overqualified workers in Singapore are there by choice
Nearly one in five Singapore workers was overqualified in 2025, though this rate remains lower than in other high-income economies, according to a study by the Manpower Ministry (MOM) that was released on Tuesday (Apr 14). A "vast majority" of these cases on overqualification were voluntary. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at this “mismatch” and the impact of overqualification for employees in the long term with Gerald Tan, Projects Director, Avodah People Solutions