Overqualified but Not Disqualified

A friend of ours just got promoted due to budget cuts. I’m very happy for him, but I couldn’t help wondering what will happen to his former manager who got let go because he was getting paid too much. It’s likely that in his next interview, he will be told, as some of you may have been, “You’re overqualified.”

Do you wonder how to answer when your interviewer tells you that? Here’s an article that helps you to view the situation from an employer’s perspective. Once you can do that, the key is to ask the right question…read this short article to learn whether you’re ready to ask it!

Article originally published on jobs.aol.com by J. T. O’Donnell.

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Marcianne Kuethen

Marci loves writing and editing Amtec's blog posts. She also likes walking her dogs, gardening in her backyard, and painting ninja warriors on large canvases in her spare time.

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