My recruiter told me I was too experienced for one role and not senior enough for another in the same conversation. How do you navigate the weird middle zone where you’re good but not perfectly shaped for any one box?

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More or less an excuse. Move on from that recruiter.

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It might be time to work with a different recruiter to be honest. Doesn't sound lke they are even helping you as they should still be pushing you to apply for roles that might be a little bit senior.

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I agree with everyone telling you to find a new recruiter.
I will just add the story of our family friend who needed a job, like any job. She applied for a job and in the interview they told her she was overqualified. Her reply was that it just means she can do the job better than anyone else... she had that job for like 20 years.

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Find another recruiter that works for you but paid by the employer.

I had this recently with a recruiter who told me I was too senior for an SVP role at a publicly traded company and in the same conversation told me I was too junior for a CFO role at a small company of 50 people.

If I were you I’d use someone else.

Maybe your recruiter needs to be changed.

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