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Written by: LUMINIS

Category: Business Management Blog

(Source :  A blog at Harvard Business Review by Amy Gallo)

As politicians and economists puzzle over jobless recovery after recession, managers who have started to hire again face another problem:  how to handle all the overqualified candidates coming through their doors.  The prevailing wisdom is to avoid such applicants. But the unprecedented availability of top talent created by this recession and new research on the success of these candidates may be changing that.

What the Experts Say?

Recruiters have traditionally hesitated to place overqualified candidates because of several presumed risks.  The assumption is that the person will be bored and not motivated, so they will underperform or leave.  However, research shows that these risks may be more perceived than real.  In fact, sales associates in the research who were thought to be overqualified actually performed better.  And rarely do people move on simply because they feel they're too talented for the job.  In fact, people don't stay or leave a company because of their skills.  They stay or leave because of working conditions.

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