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Subject:RE: How do hiring companies view TW resumes? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:30:40 -0400
AFAIK, "overqualified" rarely means, "Someone less qualified than you
would do a better job." It usually means, "We can't afford to hire
someone as qualified as you." At least they're acknowledging how
qualified you are.
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> ... I've never heard "overqualified" more than I have in the past
> 15 months.
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