12-21-15 07:23 Joe Mackey wrote to mark lewis about Overqualified (was: Re: g
Howdy! Joe and Mark,

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 JM>   Mark wrote --

 ml> what i've found, more often than not, is "you're over-qualified for this
 ml> position"... that and they tend to be scared for their jobs depending on
 ml> the over-qualifications...

 JM>   There was a time I was scrambling around for a job, any job.
 JM>   As soon as places learned I had been to college that was the end of
 JM> that.

I haven't been to college, but what Mark wrote reminded me of one place
I went to see if they had any work available.

It was a hot summer day and my wife stayed in the car while I went in to
see about getting a job, btw the car didn't have Air Conditioning.

Besides the Application Form, I was given a Questionair to complete.
I sat at a table in an Air Conditioned Room for 45 minutes or so and
then gave the papers to someone.

Another person showed me around the place.
I was in the Loading Room and the person showed me the largest Carton that
they loaded on trucks and I was able to pick it up.

Then I was taken to a office to see the Owner.
The owner told me by what He saw on the questionaire showed to Him that I
should look for a better type of job than jist loading trucks by hand.
He didn't have any openings for me at His company.

It was a Food Delivery Service company and after I drove away, I decided not
to eat at any place that I saw His trucks delivering to.





 JM>   I finally got a job on a don't ask/don't tell basis.  I wasn't asked
 JM> if I had been college and I didn't volunteer the information.  (Well,
 JM> not until I was there several years).
 JM>   A lot of places think one is going to leave that job for something
 JM> better in short order.

 ml> another big thing is salary... they want someone they can pay pennies
 ml> and work'em like a dawg...

 JM>   Like the old saying, which I'm going to mangle badly here: employees
 JM> want someone 20 years old, with 20 years experience.
 JM>   Joe

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