From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: f43e6,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 103376,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 10f5bc,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,gid103376,gid10f5bc,gid1108a1,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!c4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: apm35@student.open.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.software-eng, comp.lang.ada, comp.software.testing, comp.object Subject: Re: Am I "Overqualified"? Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:21:24 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <6db9b650-92c9-4237-8c37-bf9e7fcc75be@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.205.246.151 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1201767684 15884 127.0.0.1 (31 Jan 2008 08:21:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:21:24 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: c4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com; posting-host=194.205.246.151; posting-account=RHB_QQkAAADte5utYng4sPcFEECF3_54 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 lonwhs01px01 (NetCache NetApp/6.0.4P1D1), 1.1 webwasher (Webwasher 6.6.2.2924) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.software-eng:9121 comp.lang.ada:19666 comp.software.testing:7508 comp.object:21937 Date: 2008-01-31T00:21:24-08:00 List-Id: On 30 Jan, 21:43, topmind wrote: > On Jan 30, 1:21 pm, Ed Berard wrote: > > > > > 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 > > That's a code-word for "too old" or "too expensive". Time to lie. > > Welcome to IT in Amerika. I agree but this has nothing to do with America. The desire to pay a potential hire the minimum one can get away with is universal. It is time to remove most of your experience from your CV. Although I am a techie I have been involved in recruiting and I have seen (and had to work with) employers that say "he's over-qualified". I always argue against it but it is hard work. > > -T-