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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the fact that you assume intimidated rather than confused is a big clue as to why you're not getting hired. [/quote]

Many of us with advanced degrees tend to retreat into the belief that we are overqualified when in fact we are unqualified for the jobs we are trying to get. i would try to put the degrees out of your mind and look really closely at the specific skills you have developed while working and your work accomplishments and try to match those up with position requirements.[/quote]

-1  I've seen so many people WITHOUT degrees who are woefully unqualified for jobs get those jobs over candidates with degrees, degrees that are actually relevant to the job in question.

OP, are you applying to government jobs?  I do think that with certain agencies, supervisors and managers are intimidated by degrees, especially if they are older, career employers who don't have degrees.  I think they are hesitant to hire someone who will technically be under them who has more academic credentials than they do.

A friend of mine had a horrible experience with this sort of thing.  She was already employed and was applying for a promotion, and it became very clear that her degree (relevant to the work she was doing, by the way) was the issue.  She also had the relevant work experience, so in no way could it be argued that she was unqualified.

I think a lot of people who lack a BA like to downplay degrees because they are feeling increasingly paranoid that they don't have one and are in higher level positions.  If they admit that the degree is a valuable thing, then they will have direct reports who are technically more qualified and advanced than they are.

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