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TMFKAN64
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There have been threads here suggesting that having a Ph.D. can be a handicap in getting a job. This has been completely counter to my own personal experience, but I am fully aware that I don't know everything... :-)
So, I would like to ask:
1) Are you a Ph.D. who didn't get a job because you were considered overqualified?
2) Were you ever part of a hiring decision where a Ph.D. was turned down because the candidate was considered overqualified?
I don't want to hear what happened to your friend, I want to hear first-hand stories.
I'm also not interested in hearing about candidates with only an MS who were hired over a Ph.D. because he or she was actually more experienced and qualified for the position than the person with the doctorate. I want to hear of cases when someone would have had a better chance of being hired if they hadn't had a Ph.D.
Thank you for indulging my curiosity...
So, I would like to ask:
1) Are you a Ph.D. who didn't get a job because you were considered overqualified?
2) Were you ever part of a hiring decision where a Ph.D. was turned down because the candidate was considered overqualified?
I don't want to hear what happened to your friend, I want to hear first-hand stories.
I'm also not interested in hearing about candidates with only an MS who were hired over a Ph.D. because he or she was actually more experienced and qualified for the position than the person with the doctorate. I want to hear of cases when someone would have had a better chance of being hired if they hadn't had a Ph.D.
Thank you for indulging my curiosity...