lost a contract cuz I am "over qualified"
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Posted on Apr 07, 2005 12:25 pm
dbmasters
Administrator Since: Apr 03, 2002
they say it likeit's a bad thing...
which, I am over qualified for, but the rate is the same, so what do I care...
grrrrrrr...I just wanna get workin, is that too much to ask?!
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Apr 07, 2005 12:28 pm woah!! bummer.....yeah that band i told ya about that wanted me to do their next album after hearin' it here at HRC, has yet to get back to me....i e-mailed them sayin' it'll take about 30 hours in a studio plus atleast 40 hours of my own time to get a good quality sound....i think i scared them away! lol they were wantin' to get a demo together quickly and cheap.
Apr 07, 2005 12:32 pm Well, I guess I'll go to Mui Thai class tonight, I feel like hitting something...
"quick and cheap" eh, well, doesn't everybody? :-)
HuePinnipedal Czar (: 3= Member
Since: Apr 11, 2004
Apr 07, 2005 01:04 pm LOL !!! Cheap sexual delusions, make the world go 'round !
I hate that 'overqualified' excuse... that's like saying, "You're too good for us, we need someone we can pull the wool over the eyes of."
vdalehubbardLost for words with all to say.Contributor
Since: Sep 12, 2003
Apr 07, 2005 01:06 pm "we need someone we can pull the wool over the eyes of."
That sounds correct Hue. Very sad indeed.
Apr 07, 2005 01:08 pm Well, after further investigation I also found out that from the recruiters point of view, they would ask me to lower my rate too...so it turns out there is more to the story...I knew there had to be.
Apr 07, 2005 04:54 pm I hate when that happens tae..I also hate the point ye brought up elsewhere dB - aboot folk no liking stuff being too "cheap"...darn fools.
They actually prefer to be ripped off than pay a fair price and be happy! Fools...
Its most annoying and makes the small businessman or someone trying to get a foot hold in the business impossible as nobody takes ye seriously until ye charge big bucks...I hate to do it tae but I put up my prices and altered my own pricing strucure a little tho thats mainly due to my own pricing methods needing bringing in line i.e. per hour rates.
Cheers and good luck to ye man.
Coco.
Jason H.Jack of all trades master of ___Member
Since: May 28, 2004
Apr 07, 2005 05:44 pm Overqualified usually means..."too rich for our blood"
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Apr 08, 2005 01:34 pm Well dB,
I gotta say on the brighter side, sometimes they are right, probably for the wrong reasons, in the long run. I just ended my 'flash' career with Guitar Center. Just was not working out at all. If I were twenty and simply eager to sell a bunch of stuff and grab up some bucks for a party, get a cool hat and maybe a couple of widgets as prizes it would have been a great fit. It's a great place, like McDonnalds, for young folks to get some experience and move on. Sometimes when you can see through the 'smoke and mirrors' because of your experience you can have a tendency to impede ohter's best laid plans, if that makes any sense. I am finding that even if I try to play dumb, it just doesn't work. It becomes apparent. Or maybe I need to be a better actor. Who knows.
Anyway, hang in there. You will find a fit. It will probably be better than you ever imagined.
flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Apr 08, 2005 07:19 pm that sucks man, but im sure something better will result...
Apr 08, 2005 07:37 pm then that same company just has another position open, looking at the description I am under qualified...
::sigh::
