Overqualified? How to Repackage Your Years of Experience
What is your interviewer actually saying when they deem you “overqualified”? How do you push back against the “overqualified” label in interviews when you’re an experienced leader? The job search is daunting today, to say the least, and when you’re going in with a decade or more of experience, it can be a real confidence-killer, too. Loren Greiff is the founder of PortfolioRocket. She directs her wealth of experience as a recruiter and advertiser to ending “career victimization by elevating, accelerating, and celebrating one executive over 40 at a time.” We talk about how those with significant career experience can reframe and reclaim the job search experience.
Bossed Up · Loren Greiff, Emilie Aries
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Show Notes
How do you push back against the “overqualified” label in interviews when you’re an experienced leader? The job search is daunting today, to say the least, and when you’re going in with a decade or more of experience, it can be a real confidence-killer, too.
Loren Greiff is the founder of PortfolioRocket. She directs her wealth of experience as a recruiter and advertiser to ending “career victimization by elevating, accelerating, and celebrating one executive over 40 at a time.” We talk about how those with significant career experience can reframe and reclaim the job search experience.
Shift your job search mindset to rise in the recruitment ranks:
- How to transition from a passive to an active application approach;
- Honing in on and clearly explaining your unique unfair advantage;
- What interviewers actually mean when they say you’re “overqualified”;
- What to stop doing before and during your interviews to really set yourself apart.
Related Links:
- Episode 523, What Our 2025 Community Survey Reveals About Women, Work, and Burnout - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode523
- Work with Loren - https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
- Connect with Loren - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
- Listen to the “Career Blast in a Half” podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/career-blast-in-a-half/id1670977528
- Download the “Unlock the Hidden Job Market” ebook - https://programs.portfoliorocket.com/unlock-website
- HIRED: a job search accelerator video course - https://www.bossedup.org/hired/
- Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
- Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/
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