Perhaps the potential bosses would feel intimidated to have someone more intelligent than themselves work for them.

>That's interesting. :))
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>World's cleverest woman can't find a job
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>A Bulgarian woman rated the world's cleverest wants a British firm to give her a job after spending two years on the dole.
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>Bulgarian Daniela Simidchieva, a mother of three, has five Masters Degrees and an IQ of almost 200.
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>She's listed by the country's Mensa office as the world's cleverest but despite sending off hundreds of applications she still hasn't found a job.
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>Her IQ is the same as that of chemist Marie Curie who was the first person to win the Noble Prize twice but cannot even get a cleaning job.
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>Daniela said: "I love learning, but I also want to work. In the last 44 years I have studied economics, education and sociology at universities in Bulgaria and Britain.
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>"I am qualified as an industrial engineer, as an English teacher and as an electrical engineer as well as having my five Masters degrees.
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>"But in Bulgaria I have found that employers do not want clever employees. Even when I had a job, the largest salary I ever managed was just £90 a month."
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>http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1164797.html