The term “brain waste” describes the situation of immigrants who were skilled professionals in their home countries but have been forced to take unskilled jobs in their new country.

Brain waste(人才浪費)指在本國身為受過訓練的專業人員在移民國被迫從事非技術性工作的情形。

Most of these immigrants wind up underemployed because of barriers like language, lack of access to job networks, or credentialing requirements that are different from those in other countries.

這些移民大部分都因為語言障礙、缺少就業關系網或者資質要求與其他國家不同等原因而被迫“低就”。

For immigrants, it means bringing home less money than they have the potential to earn. For employers, it means fewer skilled applicants in their hiring pools.

對移民來說，這就意味著他們實際掙到的錢比本該憑能力掙到的要少。對雇主來說，意味著少了一些有技能的應聘人員。

If the labour market cannot absorb the migrants at the level of their qualifications, the phenomenon changes its nature: brain drain from the sending countries becomes ’brain waste’ for the migrants.

如果勞動力市場不能按照移民的資質將其吸收進來，那么移民來源國面臨的將是brain drain(人才流失)，而移民本身則面臨“人才浪費”的境地。