OVERQUALIFIED EMPLOYEES: You Get MORE than What You Pay For them !

"Oleg, I would never hire an overqualified candidate, they are too expensive !" - from my mailbox.

Firstly, please consider this chart.

This chart applies to every profession, but it is most pronounced in technical, teaching, medical, law enforcement, sales, recruitment, management, among others:

This chart is supported by multiple studies.

On how many points do you agree ?

1) There are no overqualified employees, only under-reported age discrimination.

2) Great employees can solve problems you did not even know existed.

3) You hire them not to tell them what to do, you hire them so they can tell you what to do.

4) "Overqualified" employees are only overqualified for insecure bosses. For good leaders they are rock stars who will make everyone in the team look great.

5) Instead of calling them "overqualified" consider calling them "someone who will help us to change course", "someone who we all can learn from", "someone who will make a great difference".

Agree ?

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