careerUnemployment
#RI-69e344e4·5 months ago·
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“Applied to unskilled labor jobs despite engineering background”
What Actually Happened
Unemployment and rejection from basic jobs due to overqualification
What I wish I knew
"Hiring managers' biases against overqualified candidates"
Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
"Consider hiding skills and experience to increase chances of basic job acceptance"
Regret Index
10/10
High, persistent regret.
Has not decreased significantly with time.
Has not decreased significantly with time.
Advice for Someone Facing This
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career Category
2,635
career decisions logged. Avg regret 5.6/10 across the category.
Same Outcome Band
41%
of career decisions land in the severe band the same as this one.
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