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Experience as a hindrance



What to do if your experience and high qualifications scare the employer away?

Lack of interest
First of all, the employer thinks whether it will be interesting for you to work for the position that you have outgrown. Boredom and, as a result, leaving for a more attractive job will bring the company another expense in finding, training and adapting a new employee. It is easier to take a specialist with work experience that is appropriate or even slightly less than what is offered in the job.

This explains well why it is difficult to qualify for performing after a leadership position. The transition from management to performing work can greatly demotivate a new employee.

Abuse of office
The new specialist will have to try not to fulfill the duties of his colleagues, which he used to use to fulfill himself. Violation of foreign borders can cause tension in the team.

Salary increase
The more a specialist is able, the more extensive his experience and the greater the salary he wants. Most companies are not willing to overpay for functions that you don’t need to perform. Indeed, other employees are already working at these sites.

What to do?
So, if you are interested in a position that involves less work experience than yours:

- Get ready to fully engage in only this part of your current functionality for at least a year. Indeed, even with very successful work, you will not immediately receive an increase.

- Make your resume narrower, tailored for this vacancy. First of all, indicate the functionality corresponding to the vacancy. Other functionality, even if it took no less than a portion of the time, delete or reduce to 3-5 points and put at the end of the list.

- Consider the answers to the questions: why are you interested in such a transition? What are your benefits in this case? What will motivate you to work efficiently?

- At the interview, do not deviate from what is written in the resume. Speak mainly about the work experience necessary for the position, do not describe yourself as a universal specialist, ready to replace the entire department, even if you can easily do it. Offer the company exactly what it needs at the moment!

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