overqualified, that is, ...

• Job apps - flower
  • overqualified, that is, ... - in terms of what they can afford....
  • Maybe they figure... - you're overqualified
    • What goes thru the recruiter's mind: - something like...
  • Yes, 25 yrs exp in all acute care, including Op Reports, and no response. sm - LongTimeMT
    • Thanks. Good tip. I was really beginning to wonder ! nm - flower
  • Yes, it happens to me too. I think they are getting a lot of apps. nm - ditto that
    • Hmm - quig
      • No call after I sent my resume - no contact whatsoever. nm - flower

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It seems to me in the legal sense, you are NOT "overqualified" if you are new to something.  You are new to transcription.  You are probably technically "underqualified" according to the stringent requirements of most companies!!! 

Personally, I'd leave experience like that off a resume and keep it strictly to the transcription field.  If asked what I did before, I'd say "clerical work" or something ambiguous like that -- enough to let them know you have a brain and are capable of fulfilling their requirements. That's all they need to know I should think.  I leave it off of mine when interviewing and bring it up later if there is an opportunity where it will help my career.  If not, then they don't need to know.  Shocks the pants off some of them when they find out too! and then they ask my why I've "stepped down to this."  LOL