Data from the appointing managers and personnel directors of 35 newly hired and 33 promoted workers found that (1) employers maintain educational ceilings that are usually flexible and established by default; and (2) some employers willingly hire "overqualified" workers because of their potential for eventual promotion. (SK)

Reports on the relationship between educational credentials and the ways in which employers assign promotions. States that educational credentials are more important for entry into an organization than for advancement within it, and that experience is highly valued by managers who hire from the outside and promote from within. (Author/GEA)

In recent years, social scientists have developed an increased interest in the processes by which individuals are matched to jobs. This involves both an examination of the characteristics of job seekers who are rewarded in labor markets and an analysis of how employers evaluate worker characteristics when making hiring and promotion decisions. Of…