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By Jacquelyn Smith
12 hours ago
2 Reasons Smart PeopleDon't Get Hired
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Despite having loads of relevant experience, lots of
personality,
and even pedigree educations, theres a good chance that your
most brilliant, overachieving friends and acquaintances are
those
who have suffered the longest periods of unemployment, says
Maurice Ewing, PhD, chief executive and founder of Conquer, in
a
recent LinkedIn post.
Seems illogical, right?
Well, according to an article Ewing once read, smart people
are
actually more apt to incorrectly trust their gut instincts
when
making decisions; they typically make more mistakes of
reasoning
than the rest of us; and, they tend to see bias more easily in
others
than in themselves (also known as "bias blind spots").
When I reflected on how this finding might have some bearing
on
the plight of my very smart friends and their job seeking
challenges, a light bulb turned on, Ewing says. He thought:
"Could it be possible that my friends' presentations of
themselves
to would-be employers reflected these bias blind spots? Could
it
be that their intelligence actually stood as a hurdle to
their
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professional progress?
So, he decided to take a closer look at his smart friends
resumes
and profiles and found that their intelligence actually can
be
detrimental to their job search.
Heres why:
1. Smart people often have profiles that are too lengthy and
detailed.
One of the by-products of high intelligence is the ability to do
more
activities in shorter amounts of time than most other
people,
Ewing explains. As a result, it's not uncommon to see a
smart
person's resume spanning 10 years look like that of an
average
person's with 20, or even 30 years under their belt. The
problem,
however, is in the presentation.
If and when the smart person tries to go into detail about each
and
every experience, the hiring manager is likely to feel
overloaded
with information, and may overlook the relevant experience.
Plus,
submitting an extremely lengthy resume may look like youre
trying
too hard. It would be better to get to the point, highlight
the
relevant experience, skills, tools, and pedigree in a logical
format,
he says.
2. Smart people typically prefer to express themselves in
terms of results.
Smart people, who are often over-achievers, tend to speak
more
loudly with their performance than with their mouths, Ewing
says.
Yet, while no one disputes that one of the most important
elements in a hiring situation is that the person being hired
can do
the job, candidates need to first get to the interview stage
before
they can demonstrate those accomplishments.
To do that, they need to learn how to express their
accomplishments, talents, and skills in succinct ways that
speak
directly to how they can help an employer, he says. They
cannot
rest on the knowledge of having once done a great job
somewhere
else or on the expectation that, in relation to the previous
point,
someone will have wade through their lengthy resumes to
marvel
at what they did.
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