Listing degree on resume

[mrs.b]

It's funny, but if you list your degree while applying to lower paying jobs, you will most likely be considered over-qualified. Not joking, it happened to me this holiday season, I applied to Target to make some extra holiday money and was told at the interview that I was over-qualified for the night shift stock room. Funny stuff!

That is interesting, and probably varies by marketplace and region. Both my husband and I picked up second jobs to knock down debt a bit and ensure we kept Christmas off the credit cards, and in both our cases, having full-time jobs and degrees got us the part-time lower paying jobs we wanted for a few weekend hours. In my interview, my hiring manager immediately questioned why I was applying. I think my exact words were, "both my boys - my husband and son - like expensive toys now, so a few extra hours should earn enough so Santa can get those without charging up my credit cards." After that, we spent another 10-15 minutes chatting about random things - non-interview stuff - and I was offered the job. He was also working his way through school to finish a Bachelors, though at a brick & mortar school nearby, so most of the interview was comparing notes about how we managed work, school, and family. I later learned that most of the people applying for the holiday position wanted full-time hours, and they did not want what they considered the inevitable stress of denying people when they had someone that wanted only 16-20 hours a week on the shift most people wanted off, and with my resume, they knew I would never want the overtime other employees insisted on. My husband's interview and experience was pretty much the same. We've both been offered permanent positions past the holiday. He's thinking of accepting, but I am likely done in a few weeks to spend more time with the kiddo.