Overqualified?

[blueangel]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Isn't an employer saying you're "overqualified" the same thing as someone you're dating saying "it's not you it's me," which really means that it IS you and he/she/it is just not that into you?

I'm sure that's the case sometimes... (and I like that analogy!)

But....

It could be money too.

In broadcasting.. for instance.. there are market sizes. It's kind of like a pyramid. The NY area is the number one market and conversely.. towns like "North Platte Nebraska" are way down near the bottom of roughly 180 "markets." (regions)

A friend of mine wanted to go from a network TV producing job in NY to a local affiliate in Miami. He had an amazing resume and resume tape (we're talking Emmys).. but none of the news directors would return his call.

He finally got through, and one of the news directors said that people in the Miami area were "afraid" of him because they couldn't pay him near what he was getting in NY. They told him that he was "over-qualified" for the job.

And.. although he was willing to take a cut in salary to make a lifestyle change.. it turned out to be true. The pay was WAY lower than he could possibly afford. He ended up turning it down because his current expenses (a kid in Princeton, etc) wouldn't allow him to do so at this juncture.