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I've got a couple of degrees and management experience, but I've decided that I just want to be a staff nurse. How can I get past the "you're overqualified" problem? Sincerely, Just Let Me Do the Job! Dear JLMDTJ: When I worked in recruitment and was interviewing someone who was "overqualified" for a job – having higher-level education and/or experience than the job required – I worried that: • She/he would find the
job unchallenging;
• He/she would leave
as soon as a better job came along (as in the modern
phenomenon of the "survival job" – someone
takes a job to pay the bills, but is gone as soon
as they get a "good" or "real" job);
• She/he would make the
other staff – both senior and of the same
employment status – uncomfortable;
• He/she would be inappropriately
critical of how we work – the old "I know
how it should be done, because on my unit, when
I was the boss …";
• She/he may not have
the best and/or the most current skills for a staff-level
position;
• He/she would not be
happy (for long) with the income earned in a staff-level
position. So if you are really serious about returning to a staff position, you have to address how these issues don't pertain to you up front in your cover letter, or they may not even look at your résumé. And in the interview, be ready to back up your arguments. Discuss This ArticleHave something you'd like to say? Tell us what you think! Read and post comments for this article. Like this answer? Read more questions! Browse our archive of 1,202 career questions. Also, see our master index of all MedHunters articles! Find a JobChoose your career: MedHunters is the world's biggest healthcare job board. Our job directory has 16,803 jobs with 2,478 hospitals and other direct employers. We want you to find your next job on MedHunters. Need Help? Call us at 1-888-884-8242, email us at info@medhunters.com or sign up now. Do you have a career-related question? Email us at: DearCindy@medhunters.com. |
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