‘Overqualified’ isn’t a compliment. It’s a hiring risk label

The more qualified you are today, the harder it is to get hired. This is not a guess. It’s a documented, scientific reality. 

A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that when job candidates were perceived as “high-capability,” highly experienced, highly credentialed, or simply more advanced than what a role required, they were less likely to be hired than lower-capability applicants, even when all other factors were equal. 

The researchers...