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Originally Posted by Aragorn
There are certain things, lets say key phrases, that most people doing the hiring are looking for from a potential job candidate. Look them up for the industry you are in and work them into the interview.
The "you are over-qualified" is more or less a nice way of saying they are not going to consider you for the job. Either they are worried that you will leave too soon to recoup their investment in training or they don't feel you fit in their corporate culture. Keep looking elsewhere. The perfect fit is there. You just have to find it.
Have a friend (family usually will not want to hurt your feelings) look at your resume to make sure it is not full of too much puffery or too scant on details. I was told one page was sufficient space to list your important credentials and background. If it is too long they won't read it all anyway.
There are a few sites on the web that give good tips on how to conduct yourself in the interview. Eye contact/firm handshake/and listen-listen-listen to what the interviewer is saying. Seems stupid, but have a friend conduct a mock interview. They may be able to point out something you are doing wrong or different that you can't see.
Keep trying and eventually you will find something. Don't panic and take the first bad offer that comes along. You will regret it quickly.
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Did that, had TWO trusted men delve into my resume. One guy really did it justice. the other must have been drunk. Sad thing is is that a sales manager of a company that I have more credentials read my resume and made plenty of assumptions of me that showed that he really didn't read my resume prior to me driving 2 hours to meet him. He hired someone with out any merit for 1/2 of what the position should pay.
Now, 2 beer meeting and I have a handshake. We'll see what comes of it.