Over qualified - it does exist!

heretolearn_2

yep.

Eamon, I'm well aware of why these people are applying for jobs beneath their abilities. We've had loads of applicants who'd been made redundant. But while I feel sorry for them, that still isn't a good reason to offer them an unsuitable role. No one 'deserves' the job more than any other applicant. If you are wrong for it you are wrong for it. They'd still be looking for another job right from day one. And if you think that makes good business sense and helps us, as a business, survive the recession, well, you need to take a hard look at the real world yourself.

Person_one

heretolearn wrote: »

But how is that even slightly comparable to employing someone you know doesn't really want the job?

There's your problem, you don't 'know' you're guessing and making assumptions. If I've taken the time to apply, show up for interview and answer your questions, please do me the courtesy of taking me at my word and believing that yes, I do want the job!

As far as staying 'only' a couple of years, well I'd have though that was a fairly standard amount of time for say a younger person starting out and figuring out what it is they can and want to do. I was at my last job for two and a half years, it certainly didn't feel like a flash in the pan or a waste of time!

heretolearn_2

I never said I had any problem with people staying for a couple of years. No-one stays forever and a couple of years is good. Even a year.

I have a problem with recruiting people I know are looking for another job from day one, so are doing their best to disappear in a few weeks or months.

Zazen999

If you are getting interviews; then you aren't overqualified.

If you are failing at interview stage, then you aren't playing the game properly. The interview is about interaction and finding out what you are like. It's not about quals.

Strider590

lucylucky wrote: »

"know more" in what sense?

In the sense that if the interviewer is your typical "straight out of uni, zero experience" degree qualified numpty manager, your presence would be seen as a threat to them.

Person_one

heretolearn wrote: »

I never said I had any problem with people staying for a couple of years. No-one stays forever and a couple of years is good. Even a year.

I have a problem with recruiting people I know are looking for another job from day one, so are doing their best to disappear in a few weeks or months.

You said know again! Unless you're psychic please admit that you can't know 100% You are making assumptions, that in my case and I'm sure lots of others, are completely untrue. I'm currently applying for jobs that I seem overqualified for, if I get one I have every intention of staying for a couple of years.

The two year comment was a response to a different post, sorry, should have made that clearer.

lucylucky

Strider590 wrote: »

In the sense that if the interviewer is your typical "straight out of uni, zero experience" degree qualified numpty manager, your presence would be seen as a threat to them.

Never met that type on an interview, ever.

Guess I have been lucky.

Not that I would think such a person interviewing an applicant for a role as post-room assistant (for example) would see them as a threat but maybe some folk really are that insecure?

Any

Person_one wrote: »

You said know again! Unless you're psychic please admit that you can't know 100% You are making assumptions, that in my case and I'm sure lots of others, are completely untrue. I'm currently applying for jobs that I seem overqualified for, if I get one I have every intention of staying for a couple of years.

The two year comment was a response to a different post, sorry, should have made that clearer.

It is completely logical assumption. If you want to make your side of story clear you need to work better on your covering letter.

If you think that any employer is going to invite to interview everyone who sent in a CV, then you need to wake up to the real world and realise how many CVs is sent in for each job.

Any

lucylucky wrote: »

Never met that type on an interview, ever.

Guess I have been lucky.

Not that I would think such a person interviewing an applicant for a role as post-room assistant (for example) would see them as a threat but maybe some folk really are that insecure?

I've never met that type of interviewer, never mind never been to that type of interview!!

Where do people get to be interviewers straight from Uni? Not in my industry.

AlwaysWorking

I was made redundant last year and was out of work for a number of months. I applied for well over 100 admin/secreterial jobs to no avail before I finally got a job. Some recruitment agencies were honest and admitted that they hadn't sent my cv to their client as I was 'over qualified'. This was extremely frustrating as my degree/experience are in a very specific area and there are currently no firms hiring and may not be for some time...and by then there will be people much better qualified than me applying!

One agency agreed to put me forward for a role and sent me my cv to update...only for me to find that they had removed my degree and changed all of my job titles. I didn't say anything as I understand they were trying to help, but surely if the firm had gone on to hire me and I mentioned my previous job they would feel they had been mislead?

Good luck to everyone trying to get a job, fingers crossed for you, xxx.