I wouldn't suggest that - you never know when an old resume can surface. I understand the problem with being "over-qualified" for a position: the employer figures she'll bail as soon as something better comes along.
She might want to just list schools attended on the resume, without actually putting down the degrees earned. At the worst, someone could assume she doesn't know how to prepare a very good resume, but she should always answer honestly if asked what degrees she does have. If she can get to the hiring manager without filling out an employment application, she can impress the manager without actually stating that she has her masters.
Employers do check, but that is usually HR, not the hiring manager. If she is hired, and they find out she omitted schools attended, they can let her go for not being truthful in her application.
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." - Yogi Berra
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From: caplatinum <belairgold@aol.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 10:52:47 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Tipping
She can't get a job because of the masters degree, she is over qualified, she needs to change her resume to saying she has no more than AA degree
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups. com, Mitchell Tsai <tsai@...> wrote:
Probably ~20-25% of people in Las Vegas are unemployed. My auto
mechanic says his wife (with a masters degree) can't even get a job at
McDonalds.
Nationally:
See "Broader U-6 Unemployment Rate Increases to 16.8% in
February" [Wall Street Journal - 3/5/10]
http://ff.im/ h18QQ
The comprehensive gauge of labor underutilization, known as the
“U-6″ for its data classification by the Labor Department, accounts
for people who have stopped looking for work or who can’t find full-
time jobs. Though the rate is still 0.6 percentage point below its
high of 17.4% in October, its continuing divergence from the official
number (the “U-3″ unemployment measure) indicates the job market
has a long way to go before growth in the economy translates into
relief for workers.
The U-6 figure includes everyone in the official rate plus
“marginally attached workersâ€� â€" those who are neither working nor
looking for work, but say they want a job and have looked for work
recently; and people who want full-time work but took a part-time
schedule instead because that’s all they could find.
On Mar 10, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Marksalot300@ ... wrote:
> I'll apologize to the group at large for my harsh comment. My remark
> wasn't about tipping. It about how some folks seem to think that
> those in a
> low-paying service job should simply go out and get a better paying
> one if
> they want it, like that's so easy in today's economy.
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