Is being “overqualified” for a role a valid reason for being rejected?

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Yes, because they worry you will quickly become bored or use the job as a brief stepping stone.

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... This isn't ageism, people can be over qualified at any age.

When I see someone incredibly overqualified applying for a low-level job, experience has taught me that it’s because they’re in a situation where they see my job as a temporary fix until they get back on their feet again. If their skill set is a match for the job, I then have to have conversations about what their long term goals are, and if they see themselves staying within my organization, or just contributing their expertise for the short term. Both are valid, but it takes extra work and time to figure it out, and when you have 500, 600 or more resumes land on your desk there’s only so much time in the day. I did hire someone once who literally said, “I know I’m overqualified but I want a job where I can pick my kids up from school every day,” in the application, and that caught my eye in a good way.

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Gonna borrow that line. And I don’t even have kids!

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What E1 said, or you cost too much

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Yes this is usually a cost thing

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Just undersell urself

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You corrected your original post to not have any spelling errors so I can't use this as an example anymore. Folks this copywriter had 2 spelling errors in their original post which is why I said I couldn't tell if it was a mistake or genius.

Now that you've corrected it, I know it was a mistake and not genius.

You're just dumb good job.

Praise ridicule.

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