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that is not what they wanted to say. they wanted to say you are arrogant and you got attitude.
or we wana know why you are 50 got a phd and have never worked at anymore more than a clerk job.
I had been an office manager and supervisor for the years that we were getting our kids through college. We needed the higher salary. I could do the work, but it was stressful. I went looking for something with less stress as soon as they graduated.
Yep, "over qualified." One of the problems is that a person that has been in a supervisory position is used to setting things up and expecting other to follow through. In other words, giving orders instead of taking them. A business hestitates to hire such a person because it's likely that the supervisory type personality won't be a good match with the rest of the workers.
I always avoided hiring over-qualified applicants because of the time and expense of having to go through the recruiting process again in a short period of time. It's been my experience that as soon as they find a job more in line with their qualifications, they bolt. You're lucky if an over-qualified person remains for 1 year.
I had been an office manager and supervisor for the years that we were getting our kids through college. We needed the higher salary. I could do the work, but it was stressful. I went looking for something with less stress as soon as they graduated.
Yep, "over qualified." One of the problems is that a person that has been in a supervisory position is used to setting things up and expecting other to follow through. In other words, giving orders instead of taking them. A business hestitates to hire such a person because it's likely that the supervisory type personality won't be a good match with the rest of the workers.
Just keep looking, you'll find something.
Haha, I hate to say it but I think I'd be pretty much unemployable. I mean I am 26 next month, I have never worked for a single employer in my entire life. I have owned or co-owned three businesses, I've written freelance for money (mostly online), and at this point in my life I bet an employer would be kind of nervous about taking a chance on someone whose resume pretty just says "CEO / Owner" and other things like that. I'm resigned to having to make it myself, as an employer and self-employed, rather than ever having a job. I like that and I think it's fine but boy, if I ever had to get a job for another company, it might be awkward.
Ive also owned my own construction/handyman service. I worked for same company for 22 years back on coast. I never thought it would be hard to find a construction job. Boy was I incorrect in that assumption.
If one has to leave their degrees off their resume to get hired, then what is the purpose of all these schools telling people to go to college?
Why are high schools telling kids to go to college?
Why are people being told that "without a college degree, you won't find a job"???
So which is it?
Are we better off without degrees, or with them?
And why wouldn't an employer want someone who has experienced, maybe overqualified, because they get someone really good for the price?
So what do employers want, trained and educated employees, or uneducated ones?
I always avoided hiring over-qualified applicants because of the time and expense of having to go through the recruiting process again in a short period of time. It's been my experience that as soon as they find a job more in line with their qualifications, they bolt. You're lucky if an over-qualified person remains for 1 year.
But common sense says, someone way overqualified applying for job like that is doing it because they can't find something else. It is very obvious. You are turning away good people because you fear turnover. If your job is good and will advance someone who shows they do good work, that person will stay. In this economy, just where are they going to go?
Haha, I hate to say it but I think I'd be pretty much unemployable. I mean I am 26 next month, I have never worked for a single employer in my entire life. I have owned or co-owned three businesses, I've written freelance for money (mostly online), and at this point in my life I bet an employer would be kind of nervous about taking a chance on someone whose resume pretty just says "CEO / Owner" and other things like that. I'm resigned to having to make it myself, as an employer and self-employed, rather than ever having a job. I like that and I think it's fine but boy, if I ever had to get a job for another company, it might be awkward.
Primarily because bosses don't want someone who is smarter or more knowledgeable than them and makes them look dumb. So they hire lesser people so they can stay on top.
Ive also owned my own construction/handyman service. I worked for same company for 22 years back on coast. I never thought it would be hard to find a construction job. Boy was I incorrect in that assumption.
They don't want to pay.
They don't want someone who really knows what he is doing, because then he is a threat to them.
That is why quality is so bad now. Because no one wants to pay for real knowledge, skill, and experience.
If you are older, have experience, and actually know what you are doing, they will replace you will 2 or 3 younger people who don't know what you spent a lifetime doing.
I have seen it with many people and I am sure you have too.
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