“I have an MBA but didn’t include it on a job that I was applying for because I didn’t want that “over qualified” nonsense.
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I would not advise others to do as you have done, and I’ve recruited for what was then an 8 billion/yr organization.”
Easy to say as a spectator. I had a neighbor decades ago who had an engineering degree and an MBA (from a second-rate school). He spent 8 months trying to get a job. Then he dropped the MBA from his resume and got scooped up IMMEDIATELY, by a large company. As to his ‘honesty’, yes, that could hurt him, but since he didn’t lie to get a higher paying job, there’s no reason to can him for that - but yes, they would have extra justification should they want (or need) to can him for another reason.
Easy to say as a spectator. I had a neighbor decades ago who had an engineering degree and an MBA (from a second-rate school). He spent 8 months trying to get a job. Then he dropped the MBA from his resume and got scooped up IMMEDIATELY, by a large company
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A spectator? I have no idea what you mean.
I’ve been on the business side of recruiting, oh, and on the job seeker side as well. And the job market today is wildly different than it was decades ago.
Just expressing my opinion, having had to ask why folks choose to leave stuff off of their resume. It’s rather uncomfortable for both sides.
Of course, when you can demonstrate that it was because of the lack of the MBA that got him the job to the exclusion of other variables, I will be happy to eat my shoe leather. I’m not anticipating that happening, though.
It is not advisable to either pad or dumb down your resume. I have hired people for different jobs than the ones they were originally interviewing for based on the resume and the interview. Just my experience and my opinion.