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Underemployment

Asean Business

Oil shock drives Philippine underemployment rate to near three-year high

2026-06-09T07:43:55.000Z
The incidence of overqualification was high for fields such as fine and applied arts; mass communication and information science; and humanities and social sciences.
Singapore

Business & administration graduates form largest share of overqualified workers: MOM

2026-04-14T09:00:00.000Z
Those aged below 30 account for the largest share of overqualification.
Singapore

More workers in Singapore opt for jobs for which they are overqualified: MOM, NTUC studies

2026-04-14T09:00:00.000Z
Underemployment – referring to people who cannot find full-time work that fully uses their skills and abilities – is harder to measure than unemployment, and often not systematically tracked.
Opinion & Features

As unemployment improves, focus on underemployment as well

2023-04-11T21:50:00.000Z
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