[2/22/2010] So, this should have been up several weeks ago. Stupid schoolwork! orz …
Anyway, at the beginning of February I went to a career fair. Of course, this meant I had to dress up formally. Apparently I didn’t do it too well…
Why do we even have formal clothing anyway? I understand the point of having particular clothes for particular situations, but it’s reached the point that people are being judged by their clothes. It’s probably impossible to get hired if you don’t dress up fancy, even if your job has nothing to do with that.
“But dressing up shows that you’re responsible!” goes the response (or something like that). I don’t think so; dressing up shows you’re capable of dressing up, or maybe that you’re capable of dolling yourself up to make yourself look more qualified. Shouldn’t responsiblity come across in the things you’ve done or the way you carry yourself?
Worse is when you go in for an interview where the interviewer is in a T-shirt but expects you to dress up formally anyway (haven’t had one of these, but I know they exist).
Anyway, I’m getting tired and incoherent now. I’ll leave you guys with this link to the full text version of “Dining with a General”. Until next week!
