Over qualified for jobs I'm applying for

Concerned job seeker wrote:

I think managers do not hire me becauae of this; they think I'm a threat to their own jobs.

Doutbful. When I get over-qualified applicants, I generally think they'll get bored quickly and move on at the next opportunity that does more closely meet their qualification level. No one wants to hire someone who is already looking for a better gig before they've even started.

Your idea that they won't hire you because your random resume poses a threat to their job? Ludicrous. Get over yourself.

Tinfoil Hat wrote:

Concerned job seeker wrote:

I think managers do not hire me becauae of this; they think I'm a threat to their own jobs.

Doutbful. When I get over-qualified applicants, I generally think they'll get bored quickly and move on at the next opportunity that does more closely meet their qualification level. No one wants to hire someone who is already looking for a better gig before they've even started.

Your idea that they won't hire you because your random resume poses a threat to their job? Ludicrous. Get over yourself.

So you as a hiring manager would choose to gamble on work-effiency with a less qualified person on the sole fact that you could mold them to your demands over a long-term?

Concerned job seeker wrote:So you as a hiring manager would choose to gamble on work-effiency with a less qualified person on the sole fact that you could mold them to your demands over a long-term?

That is a sincere straw-man argument right there. All he is saying (and as a manager, I agree with his summation) is that an over-qualified candidate will tend to slack-off, get bored, or leave the job for a better opportunity in a short period of time. I too will pass on over-qualified candidates due to those reasons.

It's the same reason why smart kids can sometimes skip a grade or move into a class designed for older children. There is a fear that a smart kid in a class below his/her level could impact him/her negatively. As an employer, there really is no reasonable "skip-a-grade-equivalent" to do so. And so I wait until a "just-right-candidate" is found. Not under-qualified and not over-qualified. Ever read Goldilocks and the 3 bears?

Keep in mind that necessarily over-qualified does not translate into management suitability.

It actually sounds like you intend to be lazy. So no, I would not hire you and it has nothing to do with fearing for my job.

You'll either be lazy, or like the other posters said, get bored and leave. Either way you aren't a suitable candidate for the kind of job you want at anything approaching a functioning company.

For what it's worth you seem unaccomplished, not an overachiever. Six careers on one resume for someone who still needs to apply for jobs is a red flag not cause for self adulation.

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It actually sounds like you intend to be lazy. So no, I would not hire you and it has nothing to do with fearing for my job.

You'll either be lazy, or like the other posters said, get bored and leave. Either way you aren't a suitable candidate for the kind of job you want at anything approaching a functioning company.

For what it's worth you seem unaccomplished, not an overachiever. Six careers on one resume for someone who still needs to apply for jobs is a red flag not cause for self adulation.

Lazy? Because I don't want to work mentally hard? You are probably a desk jockey and you're calling me lazy? Go ahead and push buttons all your life.

Concerned job seeker wrote:

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It actually sounds like you intend to be lazy. So no, I would not hire you and it has nothing to do with fearing for my job.

You'll either be lazy, or like the other posters said, get bored and leave. Either way you aren't a suitable candidate for the kind of job you want at anything approaching a functioning company.

For what it's worth you seem unaccomplished, not an overachiever. Six careers on one resume for someone who still needs to apply for jobs is a red flag not cause for self adulation.

Lazy? Because I don't want to work mentally hard? You are probably a desk jockey and you're calling me lazy? Go ahead and push buttons all your life.

Lol you're a pompous douche. Get over yourself.

What point in a career should you expect to transition from applying to being recruited?

Concerned job seeker wrote:

Lazy? Because I don't want to work mentally hard?

Yes, not wanting to work hard is called being lazy. Is that really your question?

by definition wrote:

Concerned job seeker wrote:

Lazy? Because I don't want to work mentally hard?

Yes, not wanting to work hard is called being lazy. Is that really your question?

The OP has motivational problems which is obvious from his resume and a huge red flag. I would not hire him. My guess, too, would be that he is lazy and/or has other issues that make him undesirable as an employee.

But, not wanting to work "mentally hard" does not always mean lazy. A family friend is a crazy smart guy, but, long story short, he left his job and is now, essentially, a carpenter. He still works hard and he still works a lot, he just didn't want the stress of his former career (he was a fund manager). It was one switch though, not 6, but it was a huge one. He also left after he had made a hell of a lot of money and could easily afford to start a new career.

Anyway, I can understand how someone may want to work hard but who does not want a job with massive amounts of stress. Stress kills.

OP, become a teacher, work part time and get paid well