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Originally Posted by DrPhil
LOL. I think she meant exactly what she typed.
ETA: After reading this post, I realize what you meant by "I hate it when people say you are overqualified." I thought you meant that you hate it when people say THEY are overqualified. You meant that you hate it when employers tell you that. LOL. I've had that happen a couple of times. Thank God because I really shouldn't have been working at those places.
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This isn't completely accurate, though. There are fields/industries and employers where a masters is still a masters and a doctorate is still a doctorate. The point of downplaying your education sometimes is to be marketable outside of those industries and employers. That's why I recommend people have 2 resumes.
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You bring up a really great point. Thank you for stating that. I should have said that in some fields (such as Liberal Arts, for the most part) it works that way. I have friends who are Science and Engineering majors. I feel as though in certain fields like those, my rationale does not necessarily work. In some other fields (not all-and I should have clarified) that idea of a degree not holding as much weight as it used to, still applies.