Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here.

For years, the prevailing wisdom on overqualified candidates was to avoid them.

But bringing in someone who has more skills or experience than the job requires can have many benefits for you and your organization.

Don’t narrowly define the hiring process as finding one person for one role.

Instead, think broader than the job in question. Is there room to expand the position?

Shaping a new role, or bringing someone on with the expectation of a future promotion can ensure you don’t lose a promising applicant who doesn’t match the job description perfectly, yet still has lots to offer.

Today’s Management Tip was adapted from “Should You Hire an Overqualified Candidate?” by Amy Gallo.

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