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Originally Posted by cdcox
I am participating in the hiring process for an important non-technical professional-level position in my department. I'm screening the applications and there appear to be some people that are overqualified. Some are gainfully employed and others are unemployed due to the economy. We would probably pay around 2/3 or so of their peak market value to date.
We need continuity for at least 3 to 4 years (preferably longer) to consider the hire a success. I am of course skeptical that some of them would stay as long as desired, but we could really benefit from a top notch person.
Is there any circumstance where you would strongly consider an overqualified person?
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Not really IMO. With the way things are right now, you may have them for a year or two if you're lucky. I would target individuals who were laid off from small companies that had been in their current similar positions 3+ years. I'd find the best of those and hire them.
That's knowing absolutely nothing about you, or your business.