Hiring "Overqualifieds" - Part 1

Manager Tools

Mike Auzenne

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🗓️ 7 October 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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This guidance describes how – and why – to hire overqualified candidates.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Manager Tools. Today's topic, hiring overqualified. Part one, here we go.
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0:36.0	Good one.
0:38.0	On to the cast.
0:39.0	In 2013, it's interesting, there are overqualified candidates in the job market, right?
0:45.0	I mean, yeah, people we might call overqualified.
0:48.6	And Manage Rules recommends you hire them, folks.
0:51.8	Stop complaining about how you have to help and train and push your directs
0:54.6	all the time and hire someone who can do more than the job. And the benefits, to an effective
1:00.2	smart manager, far outweigh the risks.
1:03.0	Now maybe it's not for the faint of heart, but come on guys.
1:06.0	Do you want to live forever?
1:08.0	Be bold.
1:09.0	A great line from a famous hero.
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