NOTE: Will E. Wurkornot got a job!!! Congrats, Will E. So, this is it -- Will's last attempt at making sense to a hiring manager. This is Number 10, in a series of ten letters (all are listed at the end of this post.After this, we concentrate on some more tips, techniques, common sense and rants, and maybe a new series of posts..
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TO: U. R. Tuhold
Young & Associates
I want to thank you for the great compliment you paid me in my interview, and then again in the rejection letter you sent, stating that I was such a well-qualified candidate. In fact, you made the comment, in person but not in your letter, that I was "probably overqualified" for the position you had.
Mr. Tuhold, I'd like to see if you could elaborate on that message. In other words, and I know we have to net it out for hiring managers, is "overqualified" code for something else?
I realize that your letter didn't make any statements, other than I was qualified, and that you found someone more qualified. But, Mr. Tuhold, if I was "overqualified," how could the candidate you hired be more qualified? 
Does that mean he was more-over-qualified than me? Or, was he less over-qualified, which made him more qualified than me for that particular job? Or, was he in his 30s?
So, let me return to the question I would really like answered: Is "overqualified" code for, ahhhh, uhhh, I mean, well.... ahhhh
TOO OLD??
Say it ain't so, Mr. Tuhold.
I've been "qualified" for a lot of jobs, and I haven't gotten them. Am I always "overqualified?" Is that term a code for something else?
Come on, sir. I made the trip to your office, spent two hours with two different managers, I filled out a myriad of forms, answered every question, shared unique ideas, and spent a half day of my time. Don't you think I deserve to hear the code? We know there are other code words you use, such as "performance pay," which means no salary, or "benefits in 90 days," which means no benefits. We know that "vital" means young and "some travel" means road warrior.
So, just tell me the code. I think I deserve to hear it.
So, just tell me the code. I think I deserve to hear it.
My attorney would like to hear it, as well.
Will E. Wurkornot
Qualified in his 50s
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The Entire Dear Hiring Mgr Series
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I Reject YOU
- Dear Hiring Mgr: Thanks for Ignoring Me
- Dear Hiring Mgr: You lost my resume??
- Dear Hiring Mgr: You Blew it
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'm Soooo Sorry
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I dislike you!! A lot
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'll get back to ya.. maybe
- Dear Hiring Mgr: There's a place in heaven for you.. for $12.79
- Dear Hiring Mgr: Don't call me; I'm busy..
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'm Overqualified? Is that code for...
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