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Subject:Re: How do hiring companies view TW resumes? From:Richard Mateosian <xrmxrm -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:39:27 -0800
More to the point, it means "We know you'll dump this job as soon as
something better comes along. We'd rather hire someone who will
stay." ...RM
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> 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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Richard Mateosian <xrm -at- pacbell -dot- net>
Berkeley, California
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