A 2016 worldwide survey on talent shortage found that 40 per cent of employers reported difficulties in filling positbns (ManpowerGroup, 2016). Melguizo and Perea (2016) found Latin America to be the emerging region where firms encountered the greatest problems arising from a lack of adequate skills, well ahead, not only of emerging Asia and Europe, but also of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, many workers feel that they are overqualified for their jobs (Citi GPS and Oxford Martin School, 2016).