Years ago, I worked for a small, Nestle Ice Cream plant. Some business changes within our division resulted in the plant being shutdown and thus, our whole team being laid off.
I have said many times before, if you ever get laid off, make sure it is by Nestle. While it is never fun, Nestle gave plenty of notice (multiple months), generous severance, and paid for travel expenses for employees to travel around and interview at other locations (no matter what level of employee as well).
The part of this experience that was most frustrating was that I absolutely loved working for Nestle and wanted to continue. I flew to 5 different sites in the space of 5 months to interview for potential openings. While I did end up with an offer that I ultimately declined, I was given the same feedback by three of these sites. The feedback was “you would get bored in this role. You should really find something more challenging.”
I was on the cusp of losing my job and these people were telling me to look for something more challenging. It was really frustrating since I heard that feedback not only from those sites with Nestle, but from outside Nestle as well.
When I get “bored” at work, you know what I do? I find things to make my job more exciting. This has resulted in lowering turnover, revamping onboarding, streamlining processes, team building, training, and coaching. When I get “bored”, I become wildly effective at building other areas of the business.
If you interview someone who you think is over-qualified, you may want to consider hiring them anyway. Let them decide if they truly want the job or not. They may just be exactly what your company needs.
Have you ever been turned down for a job for being over-qualified? Have you ever taken a job for which you were over-qualified? What was your experience?
#Layoffs #JobSearch #InterviewFeedback #OverQualified
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3moI absolutely submitted my resume for a few roles currently open,and hoping to hear back from Careerbeacon.com for an interview.