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From: esco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Michael Esco)
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Subject: Re: Being "overqualified"
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Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 21:42:12 EDT
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> To me rejecting a person because they are overqualified is a shallow way
> of hiding your real reasons for not hiring a person. If you have concerns
> about whether they will be happy in their job, do the courtesy of telling
> them that so that they may try to allay your fears. Unfortunately, people
> are all too often rejected as being overqualified by insecure bosses that
> believe the person may be better qualified to handle the bosses job than
> the boss (why hire someone that may replace you?).
> 
> "Overqualified" is an excuse, not a reason!

Telling someone they are overqualified for a job often means just that:
they are overqualified for the job. The job will not satisfy them and
they are likely to leave it as soon as something they are more suited
for comes up, making the employer find and train someone else.

If you were trying to hire a computer operator, would you choose an out-
of-work programmer with a four-year degree? Of course not, because you
would have to replace him within a short time.

						Michael Esco