I am happily employed at the moment, but during my short two month or so long stint of unemployment earlier this year, where I found myself desperate for any job whatsoever, I discovered being over qualified seems to be just as bad, if not worse, than being under qualified. I made it into an interview for a low level job I was hoping would tide me over until something real came along, only to be told flat out that they wont hire me because they had no assurance they wouldn't go through the trouble of training me only to have me find a better job and quit shortly after.

One of my buddies is currently having that same problem. Even Burger King, at which he had previous manager experience, wouldn't hire him despite the "help wanted" sign still being on their door a month and a half after they turned him down.

Fun job climate we are currently experiencing, eh?

xhonzi said:

Nice. That sucks. Maybe you should burn a Catholic. It always makes me feel better if only for a few minutes.

Wow, the above post by Xhonzi now has the distinction of being one of my all time favorite posts ever made at OT.com!