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Job Searches |
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Over Qualified??? |
| Date Posted: |
02/05/2002 |
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I Agree mostly. But have also seen people turned out with the lame "overqualified" excuse when the underlying factor was more subtle. Lets say the candidate is very well spoken, great vocabulary, well presented in otehr words. And the hiring authority is not. You see its a challend to the authority's image that is really feared: something visceral that they can't find a politically correct term for. Maybe the candidate expresses a vision of the future and the authority has none: scary. And so on. You'll have to analyse your own situation to adapt. |
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I agree, too. I've had the same problem in interviews--I only have a double degree in humanities from a top university, but am over 40, and even just being a temp receptionist I got a horrid paranoid response from people I'd work with. Even the programmers seemed to think I was going to replace them at their jobs (I don't know how to program!!).
I think it has more to do with too many folk in overpaid jobs with no real competency--I saw entirely too much hanging around water coolers and no work being done everywhere I went, and I was always busy, and given plenty to do. They see anyone who is a hard worker as a threat. I'd still like to get a "real job" and am still looking, but am currently making more money as a self-employed artist.
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