Howard Nestler Addresses Issue of 'Over Qualified' Executives Seeking Jobs
Howard Nestler, CEO of Executive Options, spoke today to a group of industry professionals and addressed the issue of executives receiving responses that they are "over qualified" when seeking their next job.
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 29, 2007
Howard Nestler, CEO of Executive Options, spoke today to a group of industry professionals and addressed the issue of executives receiving responses that they are "over qualified" when seeking their next job.
"That is a code phrase meaning that the executive is talking to someone who is not authorized to hire above a certain elevation," said Nestler. "They need to re--target their campaign to address the decision-makers appropriate to their level of operation."
Nestler points out that the schematic of corporate ownership these days is such that a company in Oklahoma may be owned by another in the United Kingdom where the decisions about upper level engagements are being made. "To approach the subsidiary in Oklahoma would likely provoke the response that one is 'over qualified'," he explained. "The lesson one should take from this is that there is no CEO in one's industry that should remain unaware of one's signature skills or deliverables."
The penalty an executive pays for not understanding this is settling for a job beneath one's capability, according to Nestler. "The men and women who are highly qualified aren't just looking for a job; they are looking for a challenge."
Nestler pointed out that ignoring such basic marketing issues can be harmful to an executive's fiscal health.
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