If you was a straight A student would you accept a job that you knew you was over qualified to do?
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No, unless I was a BRAINIAC and the over qualified job was an anaesthesiologist. They make a pretty penny.
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Gotta pay the bills. Sometimes you work because you need the job. Incidentally, an "A" student wouldn't say "If you was an A student...".
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Sometimes it's necessary, in order to make ends meet. Like taking a job in McDonald's while you're being a straight A student. So yes, I would. However in the long run I'd be reluctant to choose an actual career/profession that I was over qualified to do, I think I'd be bored.
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Sure, you can always quit if you find something better. And a job is a job, just so long as you're getting paid a decent wage. And "Overqualified" is a very subjective term, each job has it's own challenges. Although I honestly don't see what Grades have to do with it.
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only if the money was good and i had no other job offers
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I wouldn't base my job decisions based solely on my grade point. Being a straight-A student doesn't automatically make you a good employee in any field, it just makes you a good student. I would have to look at all the factors, such as natural talents/skills, career goals, payrate, etc.
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Depends. If those straight A marks came from a school that didn't teach decent grammar, then I might question whether I was, in fact, "overqualified".
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If you needed the money, you should, at least until you can get another job.
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Absolutely, grades cannot replace experience. Any experience, good or bad, has value.
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of course. I have worked in a factory,and as a clown and I have degrees and diplomas. you need to live and you need to experience other sides of life.
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I have never been a straight A student. However, I have earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in geology. After having earned those degrees I went through a period time in which I was unable to find any work in my field. During that time period I took jobs doing telephone polling and delivery driving. I am definitely over qualified for both of these careers. However, I did what I had to do to make a living. There is nothing wrong with taking a job for which you are "over qualified", especially if it is all that you can find. In my last job, I was quite clear with my employer that I would only be there until I found something better. Fortunately, I did a little over a year later when I got my current job teaching at a community college.
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I wasn't quite a straight A student, but on leaving university I did take a job that I could have got without any qualifications whatsoever. It was a result of not knowing what I wanted to do, not having much employment experience (which employers value far more than straight As), wanting to live in a particular area where good jobs were thin on the ground, lack of confidence in my ability to get a better job, and being in a slightly delicate state mentally at the time, and not wanting to take on something I'd probably end up making a mess of. I still have a job I am over-qualified for, and I'm pretty sure the situation would be the same if I had been a straight A student. The thing is, after doing quite well at school, I felt a lot like the only thing I was really any good at was writing English Literature essays- which there isn't much demand for in the real world. High achievement in education often ends up working against you. I'm only just now starting to think about looking for a "proper" job in line with my qualifications.
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