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Overqualified Myth Busted!

Source: Paul's General Blog

Sep 23, 2008

Summary

Have you ever padded your resume and exaggerated accomplishments to get a higher position? How about reading other peoples resumes and thinking “as long as my proverbial points groundwards, there is no way on this earth that person did half of what they are claiming!”.

Nowadays, it is becoming more and more the norm for job applicants to de-emphasise or even omit completely some of their skills, experience, and leadership qualities so that they might secure a lower grade position.

Irrespective of the reasons you have decided to downsize your career, whether simply to achieve more free time, or improved work life balance, or perhaps the market is not exactly begging for people with your skill set to walk through the door, being classified as “overqualified” is more terrifying for many than are the perceived consequences of not landing a new role.

Being labelled “overqualified" generally means that the prospective employer, more often specifically the one hiring you, has two major concerns around which other excuses (often expressed as ‘concerns’) are created:

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