Bossed Up Overqualified? How to Repackage Your Years of Experience
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Oct 7, 2025 Loren Greiff, founder of Portfolio Rocket and former recruiter, shares her expertise on overcoming the 'overqualified' label in job interviews for experienced leaders, especially those over 40. She emphasizes the importance of transitioning from passive applications to actively campaigning for oneself. Loren encourages listeners to identify their unique unfair advantage and articulate it confidently. She also highlights the need for future-oriented narratives in resumes and interviews, urging candidates to proactively address fears that employers may have about their experience.
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Quit That Sparked A New Mission
- Loren Greiff quit a prestigious executive search firm after being put on a performance plan for being "too enthusiastic."- That moment catalyzed her to start Portfolio Rocket to end "career victimization" for executives over 40.
Run A Campaign For Your Career
- Move from a passive application mode to actively campaigning for your own hire by running your job search like a campaign.
- Position yourself as the leader of your career and sell how you will solve the employer's problem.
Target Urgent, Expensive Problems
- Identify "the urgent and expensive problem you have the unfair advantage to solve" and center your pitch on that.
- If the problem isn't urgent or expensive, employers will deprioritize or hire cheaper alternatives.