Over-Qualified is Never Qualified
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I recently sent an application to a company in Singapore. The nature of the job is very similar to mine, production support. For some, they call it technical support but that’s just the same. Quite a number of my former officemates already moved to that company due mainly to good compensation but had to sacrifice the company of their family. A few of them moved with the family to Singapore but that’s another story.
And so I sent them my resume and waited for a few days for the reply. I had it coursed through my former officemate so that he’ll be able to get a referral fee if ever I get accepted. The opening is for the second-line support which means somebody has already pre-processed a service request that will come to you and if you can’t handle it, you’ll pass the request to another group. It sounds like heaven since in my current job, I do end-to-end. It has been my bread and butter for almost seven years here in my current employer and another 1 year from my previous job. Yes, it is very toxic but believe it or not, I love it.
When I got the reply, I was devastated. They said that I’m over-qualified. What the hell they mean about that? To be honest, I took it as if I’m not really qualified because Over Qualified is Never Qualified. It’s either you are qualified or not. It’s just that simple.
I don’t know what they saw in my resume but I think my current position mattered much. However, not because I’m a team leader here means I can no longer do the ‘mean jobs’. Until today, I still help my subordinates in their job to the point that I still do some of the work(to the dismay of my managers, of course!). I do that partly because I want to get things done fast and right especially if problems are of high severity and the impact to the business is considerable. How can I be not qualified?
Or maybe that job is really not meant for me. Maybe God has something in store for me. I don’t know. God only knows… I just pray that he show me the way…. soon.