text: over qualified!? should i lie.??? i have a masters degree in in information technology and years of it experience but can not land a job these days. i need to be working and need the finance. i am not getting any responses to my applications. i am geussing now that i could seem over qualified and the companies are assuming that they would have to pay me a lot more or i would get bored and leave the job after awhile. should i take out my masters degree out of my resume? absolutely not.  i agree with "knowssignlanguage" in part.  with your qualifications, you should not be having trouble.  my guess is that you're in a bad region for your offerings.  in sf bay area, the job boards, newspapers, websites are flooded with ads for it guys.  can you consider moving to an area with better potential?  and, yes, that tends to support the idea of monster.com.  ps:  in another response, cv is noted as an 'also-rand' with "resume".  a "cv" is a curriculum vitae.  roughly translated from latin, it's your statement of your life's study.  the term is only used in academic circles.  unless you intend to teach (which might be an idea for you), don't even use the term.  flipping terms like that around when they don't apply means you don't really know what it means and you're over your head.  it puts big questions ion the listener's head.   your qualifications are good.  stay on solid ground. .