From JANE DARLING
As a jobless graduate I sympathise with Patrick Trotter (Letters, 1
February).
Disheartened by my lack of success when applying for graduate appointments,
I lowered my sights and started going for jobs where a degree was not required.
No joy here either – mainly, it seems, due to ‘overqualification’.
Imagine my surprise, then, to be rejected for the very same reason (by
a well-known experimental station) despite the advert stating that a graduate
would be a suitable appointee. The rejection letter spelt out clearly that
if my degree result has been a lower second or inferior I would have been
considered for the post. Because I had tried that little bit harder and
obtained an upper second I was, to use their word, overqualified.
Perhaps my current job prospects would be better if I had spent even
more time in the university bar!
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Jane Darling Morden, Surrey
