Today, I submitted my 208th job application in less than a year, and went to my 83rd and 84th interviews, only to be told once again that I'm over-qualified for the first, and under-qualified for the second. FML
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Today, I have put in many job applications and had many interviews for a variety of positions all of which I am highly qualified for. Today, I heard back from all but one that I am overqualified. Welcome to Walmart. FML
Today, I've applied to 300 jobs in the past 4 months, gotten 7 interview, 2 of which have gone to a third round and I'm still unemployed. FML
Today, I'm at the unique point in my schooling that I'm either extremely overqualified or extremely underqualified for every job opportunity that appeals to me. FML
Today, I received a series of rejection letters from jobs, one after the other. Last night, I stayed up into the wee morning hours to apply to campus jobs I'm not qualified for, because I was classified as a part-time student due to an administrative error. FML
Today, I have applied to over 50 different jobs in the last month. I have NOT received a call or email back from any of them. FML
Today, I eagerly applied for a high-salary, fully supportive graduate program that I qualified for. There were 5 steps in the application process. I was turned down after the first one. FML
Today, I went on my 56th job interview since graduating from college 3 months ago. I am 31 years old and I spent 11 years in college. I only graduated with a Bachelor's Degree after all those years, but I am still not qualified for anything due to how long it took me to complete my degree. FML
Today, my application for a holiday role at a department store was declined because I was "not as qualified as some other candidates." I worked this exact same job at this exact same store last year. FML
Today, I discovered out of the 20 job applications only one job called me for an interview. They told me to leave after two sentences. FML
Today, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML
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Top comments
ihasbrains 10
Good luck with your next one, OP.
Llamassss 21
Well, that's what happens when you apply to McDonalds and Harvard.
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Comments (125)
stevenmx86 8
I don't understand the overqualified thing... Shouldn't that be solved by a simple "With all due respect sir, I just need a job. Regardless of my qualifications I'd like a chance please?" Unless you're being unreasonable and demanding too much?
CptZoe 10
Gotta love the current economy!
wvgirl1 4
I get over qualified all the time what the heck do they really mean by that anyways
seanandrew 0
You need to dumb up your application and resume to appear less qualified!
LuWiiGi333_fml 3
That's unfotunate buddy, I wish you the best.
cajunjynx 0
It only took me 200, 196 overqualified speeches later, right there with you.
Fishfanatic 7
I find it very very strange that they would turn you down for being "over"qualified. That makes no sense. Either way you ARE qualified and would therefore be able to do the job better than someone underqualified. They are doing themselves out of competent employee and have no logical reason to do so.
stupdude3 8
its because if you are overqualified, you are more likely to quit the job when you find a better one
SF49ERS 0
Wowzerz... Good luck next time!
kalbrek009 20
Been there, done that....still doing it. FYL & FML too. Most employers these days seem to want immature young or cute looking eye candy to bring in more business rather than someone with REAL skills & wisdom. :( I was turned down for a sandwich delivery job on account of I needed a more "professional" looking beard (eg. Big side burns or a baby face with no facial hair & I'm 41 & have well trimmed facial hair, guess I looked too "normal" & not like a high school kid who just grows sparse patches of hair here and there on my face.)
kalbrek009 20
Also, employers don't want to have to pay you more than min wage even though you deserve it, OR they're worried the company will give you the managerial position & demote them..just like WM, they want to keep their $60k-$160k jobs (doing next to nothing)so they can pay you hourly ($5.25-$7.25) to do nearly EVERYTHING.