Comments on: “You’re Overqualified”: How to Beat the One-Liner and Get the Job http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/01/07/youre-overqualified-how-to-beat-the-one-liner-and-get-the-job/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ben http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/01/07/youre-overqualified-how-to-beat-the-one-liner-and-get-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-883221 Ben Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:51:39 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=3785#comment-883221 Lizzy may be right. A lot of hiring managers for “low end” jobs only will hire really stupid people for them. They have this irrational fear that “smart” people will abandon ship at the first opportunity.

Here’s how you deal with that: Put your “stupid” mask on.

Strip all the “overqualified” stuff off your resume. Drop your college credentials, drop your master’s degree. Convert your job descriptions into something really stupid sounding.

Ridiculous? Yes. And it’s much harder than it sounds. Does it work? A lot of anectdotal evidence suggests that it does.

Hey…if they want stupid people…you gotta act stupid.

]]> By: Rob http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/01/07/youre-overqualified-how-to-beat-the-one-liner-and-get-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-739907 Rob Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:11:38 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=3785#comment-739907 Being told you are overqualified is insulting. It’s like saying that because you have held a higher paying position in the past, you’re exempt from getting a lower paying position. This bogus Employer attitude is making the unemployed middle class, who have worked hard to achieve high standing in the past, the new lower class. Thanks, society, for making me broke, depressed, pessimistic, and credit challenged.

]]> By: Karen http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/01/07/youre-overqualified-how-to-beat-the-one-liner-and-get-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-733400 Karen Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:06:05 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=3785#comment-733400 Not to mention, is the available job so bad that employees want to run at the first chance they get??

]]> By: Karen http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/01/07/youre-overqualified-how-to-beat-the-one-liner-and-get-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-733397 Karen Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:04:29 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=3785#comment-733397 @Lizzy (and all who share that view): Isn’t that a risk every employer takes with every employee they hire? Some people are truly interested in starting over in a new career, not just collecting a paycheck until something better comes along. It is that narrow-minded attitude that is KEEPING many people out of work.

]]> By: Lizzy http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/01/07/youre-overqualified-how-to-beat-the-one-liner-and-get-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-510908 Lizzy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:09:40 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=3785#comment-510908 I think a potential employer (especially in these economic conditions) telling an applicant that they are overqualified may have just as much to do with longevity. Why would you hire someone even if they are fabulous, if you know they are going to jump ship when a better opportunity comes along?

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