More than a third (34%) of Scottish graduates are overqualified for their roles, with a rising proportion ending up stuck in low-skilled jobs, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Its new report looks at how graduate outcomes have changed over the past 30 years, and the job quality of overqualified graduates.
Based on the the ONS Labour Force Survey, comparing data from April to June 1992 to March to May 2022 - and the last three years' of the CIPD Working Lives Scotland survey - the research highlights that the proportion of graduates in low/medium-skilled jobs has more than doubled over the past three decades.
