Does "overqualified" actually mean "we don't want to pay you what your education and/or experience demands"?

I work in IT and don't see many people with masters degrees. It's not valued here. quite a few people with no degrees, but who have a natural technical or sales aptitude.

We definitely give zero fucks for PHDs and it might be seen as a deteiment.

I have a phd in the humanities and am looking at applying for program coordination jobs and the like. I refuse to adjunct, need a regular schedule and benefits. There are so few positions outside academia that value that kind of training.

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Anonymous wrote:The PhD has become the next masters in a lot of hard sciences like chemistry and biology.

+1000
Actually a PhD is worse in these fields since it puts people in the overqualified category.

THIS IS ME, RIGHT NOW.

I was recently told I am "woefully over-qualified" for a job that would've been an excellent fit.

I work at a non-profit. I see a lot of people with masters degrees getting hired for $40-50K/year. It's not required for the job, I think they just didn't realize that they would be starting in the exact same place as if they had just started working after undergrad. Honestly they would be paid more if they had 2-3 years of experience rather than an advanced degree.

Depends on what you majored. I see a lot of masters in liberal arts expressing their opinions in late foam

Its a catch 22, you have to go to college to get secretary positions now but those positions dont pay enough to make the debt of college worth it... its causing the bachelor's degree to become worthless

My first "job" after completing my phd was an internship!

Anonymous wrote:The PhD has become the next masters in a lot of hard sciences like chemistry and biology.

+1000
Actually a PhD is worse in these fields since it puts people in the overqualified category.

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Anonymous wrote:Hiring ex assistants with master's degrees? When will this madness end?

Not making sense. What's your problem?

Is it that liberal arts types can't find jobs in their degreed field? What's a non STEM person to do to make a decent living?

The PhD has become the next masters in a lot of hard sciences like chemistry and biology.

I wonder will the PhD become the next masters? How can people stick out these days?

Yep it just keep getting worst. The value of a master degree is really over valued.

Anonymous wrote:Hiring ex assistants with master's degrees? When will this madness end?

Not making sense. What's your problem?

Hiring ex assistants with master's degrees? When will this madness end?