The Hidden Step
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STEP FOUR
Build Your Resume
your PhD becomes a disadvantage. This is because you will risk being classi-
fed as overqualifed. Or you may intimidate the hiring manager who does not
have a PhD him/herself.
How do you handle jobs asking for education you do not
have?
If you do not have the education jobs you are interested in require, there are sev-
eral ways you can handle this.
1. Think about going all the way
Start considering higher education. You can do it. And while you are thinking
about it, you can word it on your resume as such:
•
An affnity to earn a
bachelor’s degree in business administra-
tion
Or
• In the process of earning a
master’s degree in psychology
This wording is important as scanners will look for the words
“bachelor’s in
business administration”
when scanning your resume, if that is the degree the
employer is looking for.
stage fve:
the
eduction
“
A PhD gives you the advantage to
apply for jobs a person with a master’s
or bachelor’s cannot. However, applying
for a job requiring only a master’s using
your PhD becomes a disadvantage.”