Too much experience can hinder hiring, reports 58-year-old publicist
With a 25-year career and two postgraduate degrees, Flavia Souza heard during the selection process that she was too qualified for the position, according to Exame.
BY THE X-TRADER NEWS NEWSROOM · REPORTING FROM EXAME · 2 MIN
A 58-year-old publicist discovered that her CV itself could be an obstacle. According to Exame, Flavia Souza has 25 years of professional experience and an MBA in Marketing, as well as a postgraduate degree in Public Relations and Corporate Communication. During a selection process, he heard the phrase that sums up the problem: "You are too qualified for this position."
The phenomenon appears in the title of the report as overqualification. Flavia told Exame that, in the selections she went through, she realized that career time and studies can hinder hiring. For her, what should work as a difference started to weigh against it.
The case exposes a tension that affects professionals with long careers. Those who have decades of experience usually bring repertoire and maturity, but the same baggage can lead recruiters to question their suitability for the position. The facts found do not include the criteria used by companies in these processes, and this gap weighs on the reading of the episode.
For the economy, the issue has a cost that goes beyond the individual. When experience is no longer used, the market loses part of the available talent supply. From a free market perspective, the best answer tends to be competition for professionals, with hiring based on competence and not on stereotypes about age or career length.
The report also draws attention to the self-perception of those looking for a job after the age of 50. Feeling that training has become a barrier is a personal experience, and the Exame report presents it as such, without generalizing the result to the entire market.
What changes for the investor
An individual case does not move indicators, and the facts collected do not provide aggregate data on the topic. Still, the discussion touches on people management, an area that can appear in balance sheets and in communications from companies that depend on qualified labor. For those who follow listed companies, it is worth observing whether they start to address hiring, retention and personnel cost policies. This analysis does not provide a buy or sell recommendation and does not predict price movements.
Automatically translated from Portuguese.
