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43 Percent of Job Seekers Are Hiding Their Best Qualifications to Get Hired

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43 Percent of Job Seekers Are Hiding Their Best Qualifications to Get Hired. A Monster survey finds job seekers are downplaying experience, accomplishments, and titles because they fear being rejected as overqualified.

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