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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-05-11
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[01] Roughly one third of Greeks over-qualified for their jobs
[01] Roughly one third of Greeks over-qualified for their jobs
AMNA--Roughly a third, or 33-35 percent, of Greece's workforce is
currently employed in positions that require fewer formal qualifications
than those they have and this trend is increasing during the years
of economic crisis, according to experts from the European Centre for
Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) speaking at a seminar in
Thessaloniki on Thursday.
On the other end of the scale, approximately 16-18 percent of Greek
employees hold jobs for which they are under-qualified based on Eurostat
figures for 2007-2011.amna
At the same time, they noted, the workforce as a whole ranked low in
eight basic lifelong learning competencies that are deemed essential for
professional advancement by job markets and the European Union. These
include communicating in one's native language, communicating in foreign
languages, mathematical competence and basic competences in science and
technology, digital competence, learning to learn, social and civil
competences, sense of initiative and entrepreneurship and cultural
awareness and expression.
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