WIT Presentation: Success for the Seasoned Search and the Benefits of Being Overqualified

Event description
Many seasoned job seekers find themselves being called overqualified because they have more years of experience than the job description calls for. Learn powerful strategies to overcome your interviewer's misconceptions about you. It's impossible to be overqualified unless you believe you are overqualified. In this seminar, you will learn:
     • How to answer the overqualified question
     • The real reason why recruiters and hiring managers are concerned about hiring overqualified applicants
     • How to change your cover letter and resume if you believe you are overqualified
     • Seven ways to explain on an interview why being overqualified is an advantage
     • How to handle the “age factor”

Learning objectives
1. Gain strategies to navigate career transition
2. Network with other professionals who have been through, or are currently experiencing a career transition

Agenda
9:00 – 11:00 AM     Introductions and program

Event location
DeVry University
1140 Virginia Drive
Ft Washington, PA 19034
215-591-5700

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Speaker
Abby Kohut
Award-winning career success speaker and author, Staffing Symphony, LLC

Registration information
Event is open to: HBA members and nonmembers
Online registration deadline: September 16, 2016
Onsite (walk-in) registration: Is NOT allowed

Event questions/support
- Chapter contact for event: Colleen Burns at cmb4089@gmail.com or 215-518-3987
- Membership questions: membership@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 1
- Online registration assistance: events@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 3

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Pricing

	Member	Non-Member
Regular registration	$0.00 / €0.00	$0.00 / €0.00

Members receive up to 50 percent discount

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