Re: Am I "Overqualified"?

[Tom <ruefulrabbit@thehole.com>]

Ed:

Enter a number of papers to A. M. G. Solo's conferences and feature them 
prominately on your resume.  Then the discerning reader will know that 
you cannot be overqualified.

Seriously, I doubt that your resume can be the problem as I doubt that 
anyone would buy or reject you based on that.  I know you (or at least 
knew your 20 years ago) and your reputation is excellent.  People usually 
hire those they know and already trust.

I think the problem may be more that people don't know you.  You may not 
be doing enough publicity work (talks, presentations, free consulting, 
etc.) to catch prospective clients.

Tom Reid

[posted and mailed]

Ed Berard <ed.berard@gmail.com> wrote in news:d91db3d5-4a34-4ec7-bda1-
a6ecb770b0f0@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

> Howdy Folks,
> 
> It seems that lately, I have been turned down for an increasing number
> of assignments, because I am "overqualified."
> 
> I have been doing a good deal of "architecture tasks," as in:
> 
>    * product architecture
> 
>    * product line architectures
> 
>    * process architectures.
> 
> I do tend towards the more formal "C&C" viewpoints. However, I don't
> think that this has much to do with my problem.
> 
> If you want, you can chck my resume at the bottom of our home
> page:
> 
>    http://www.toa.com
> 
> Any constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>         -- Ed