Article: Why Employers Don't Want to Hire Overqualified Candidates

I thought this was an interesting read and worth sharing with RecruitingBlogs. The top 5 reasons;

1. We can't pay you enough.

2. You don't really understand what the job is.

3. If you take this job, you'll be bored.

4. You won't be happy working for a manager with less experience than you.

5. You'll leave as soon as something better comes around.

You can find the entire article here.

In my experience, #5 is the one that I hear most often for not moving forward with a candidate deemed over qualified. How about you? Are there other reasons you would add to this list?

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Permalink Reply by Linda Ferrante on August 7, 2013 at 11:00am

I'll add one to the list! Sometimes 'overqualified' employees feel compelled to let everyone know they are overqualified! Morale can drop quickly if you have a toxic person like this on your team. The problem is most recruiters won't be able to identify this as a possible problem during the interview process. No fault of the recruiter, but something that when it surfaces, we say, 'I knew there was something but I couldn't put my finger on it....'.