When the hiring manager sits down to view resumes for a janitorial position, he or she usually scans for the requirements expressed in the bulletin and rules out candidates that are considered to be overqualified. Regardless of the amount of experience that an individual may have in the field of janitorial work, if he or she has a Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate degree, it is the duty of the hiring manager to disqualify them as potential candidates. Why? Simply because history has proven that workers who have more education or experience needed to perform a job consider themselves to be too good for the job and eventually quit. Is this a fair analysis of every overqualified candidate? No, and here’s why.
New research has shown that the overqualified worker is actually beneficial to the company in more ways than one. When compared with the average employee, the overqualified worker performs their job duties with more quality and they don’t quit as quickly as most managers think. Contrary to the average employee who throws in the towel when small incidents compile into big ones, the overqualified individual knows how to overlook small issues and can be motivated by the incentive of liberality. If the average worker is given more freedom in decision-making on the job, he or she may abuse it. Freedom granted to the overqualified, however, produces positive outcomes because they know how to channel such autonomy.
In addition to longevity and superior service in their respectable fields, overqualified workers also bring their qualifications to the workplace. highly educated individuals can create new procedures on mopping the floor, and experienced workers can use their expertise in customer service to make every individuals fast food visit a success. The greatest incentive given to companies who employ overqualified workers is the addition of institutional and field knowledge being given free of charge.