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[Kurt Kessler]

You want hungry? I will redefine your definition for
you. Where shall I send the resume? :D

--- Hanasaki JiJi <hanasaki at hanaden.com> wrote:
>  From my personal HR Dictionary:
> OverQualified def:
> needs a job bad so will take this in a pinch while
> looking for another 
> job that will pay more for all the skills.  RED FLAG
>  Hire someone 
> hungry and pay them a bit more than they are worth,
> or less, and then 
> they have nowhere else to go.
> 
> zscoundrel wrote:
> > Yeah, me too!  It really bites when you go for a
> job interview and 
> > instead of just looking to see if you are
> qualified, they get all hung 
> > up becasue I am over qualified.
> > 
> > Gee, thanks for looking out for my carreer, but if
> I wanted to do what I 
> > did in my last job, I would go work for IBM in
> Atlanta or where ever 
> > that office is that handles that particular
> micro-specialty.  I/T is 
> > supposed to be a dynamic industry, why can't the
> employee's be dynamic 
> > too???  Perhaps I WANT to take a step back and
> take my career in a 
> > different direction because the niche I was in
> REALLY SUCKED!!!
> > 
> > Sheesh!  If I didn't want the job I was
> interviewing for - I would be 
> > out playing Pool or riding the bike!
> > 
> > Note to petential interviewers:  Over qualified
> means having MORE 
> > QUALIFICATIONS than what is required to do the
> job.  It does NOT mean 
> > 'unable to do the job'!
> > 
> > If I bring more skills to the job than a
> minty-fresh MSCE right out of 
> > school, that's my problem.  Pay me what the job is
> worth and I will 
> > decide if I want to do it.  That is the cool thing
> about experience.  It 
> > means I know how to do a lot of cool things, and
> can choose to do what I 
> > like to do.
> > 
> > Michael wrote:
> > 
> >>> I have recently sent an email reuest to a
> "nameless" Computer company
> >>> down in the bottoms...  What I need is a BIOS
> update, what I got, was
> >>> information on how to reseat my IDE cable. I'm
> happy to know that these
> >>> talented people are employed.
> >>>
> >>
> >> What bothers me is that I'm unemployed and
> practically homeless (well in
> >> <2 weeks) and these ass monkeys can find work.
> I've done hundreds of BIOS
> >> updates and would know exactly what people were
> talking about but I can't
> >> even get a job at Taco Bell. Seriously stuff like
> this almost makes me
> >> want to cry. All I can think of is the theme song
> to MASH.
> >>
> >>
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