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Originally Posted by christiangirl
I wonder what the rates are for those who have advanced degrees? The ones who can't find a top tier job in their field but are overqualified for everything else? That's a huge thing among my classmates right now. Nearly everyone who just graduated in May are unemployed because there are no jobs available except retail/holiday work and they keep getting shut out of those because they have Master's degrees.
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I hate when people say that you are "over-qualified" for a job. When I first graduated from Penn State, I was worried about the economy. I put in applications everywhere. I even applied at a local factory. The guy interviewing me looked at me like I was nuts as he said, "You realize this is not for any management position. This is factory work." I nodded my head in agreement that I understood. He then proceeded to run down my list of accomplishments and asked me why I would want to work there when I was "clearly over-qualified" for the jobs he could offer me. I explained that I was not above working in a factory. Needless to say, I was not offered the job.
There have been other times that I have been told I was over-qualified. I've learned that if you are really concerned you won't get the job based on being "over-qualified" you are better off "omitting" that you have a Masters degree. Once I did that, I had job offers all over the place.
This economy sucks. Sometimes you have to play the numbers game. I am def. going to play down my education if I choose to get a certain retail job over the summer break while doing unpaid internships. It sucks that you have to do that.