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I applied at several places but due to my age and experience I was deemed "overqualified". So I resorted to other means to eat and survive during that time. I
by shakycode 11y ago
I applied at several places but due to my age and experience I was deemed "overqualified". So I resorted to other means to eat and survive during that time.
I think I answered this before, but I didn't qualify for government assistance as I had made too much money that year. I couldn't even obtain food stamps. The American welfare system is focused on the long-term poor/destitute versus those who fall on hard times.
- NhanH 11y agoOut of curiosity, how old were you at the time?
- shakycode 11y ago32 at the time.
- mdpopescu 11y agoI have had this "overqualified" experience a couple of times; it's incredibly bad and it drove me nuts at the time. (I was making very little and trying to get a better job; being rejected because "overqualified" was very painful.)