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       Today cracked me up ,I laughed until I had tears rolling down my cheeks. I am speaking to a woman in her late twentys. She is complaining  that she lost her job and cannot find a job.She works in the service world dealing with walk in trade.

        I looked at her  orange ,blue ,red hair with a piercing in the nose and lip and on her tongue and a nice colorful tattoo on her leg and arm and wondered why owners or managers would not hire her.

        I suggessted she try telemarketing.

people dont get it... you have to look a certain way to get hired! period!

       Appearance definitely conrols what you can or cannot do when dealing with sales.Open minded people may not care what someone looks like but wheh it comes to money that they may soon part with appearance will ultimately win out.Buying a car  do you go to the salesperson who is in a tshirt and jeans or the one who is dressed nicely?

       Saying the above I walked into a BMWdealer with a friend who just sold a bar for 4 mil.He looked horrible.Jeans with holes,ragged shirt unpressed tennis shoes. We walked in the showroom,looked around and no one came to us. A nice couple dressed real nice came in and 3 sales people came running ot them,only to find out they had no credit.

      Once the sales people came over to us and my firend was asked how he intended on paying for said vehicle ,he said cash is that  ok?However you will not sell  it to us.We went to another dealer.

    Morale of the story . Your client can look horrible,do not prejudge.You as the sales person must look professional at all times.

Personally tatoos don't bother me as much as a lack of hygiene.  There are hippies and then there are dirty crunchy hippies.

having an up-to-date neat professional appearance doesn't hurt.  I normally dress office casual unless I've got a particular appointment that needs me all dolled up.  Then I always want to look good.  Just Kidding.  Dress for who your meeting with.

 Good one.

What are they thinking????????????

i think overweight people also have a hard time finding a job.  the world is against you if you're fat

i don't agree with that either.

I would think twice before hiring a very overweight person. the job goes to the best applicant, but if it was down to two I'd hire the healthy one.

I work in a creative world she probably would fit with us

i don't know...i've been in advertiisng a  long time and i've always seen overweight people get hired.  i personally didin't think they were the best of looks...or even the cleanest of people...but the hiring manager must have seen something in them. i always go for being in style and looking good...i think a good physical appearance helps in sales...especially being female.  i'll admit i gained a few pounds since i had my son...but i'm not the large marge either....so i couldn't tell you straight from the horses mouth.

Its a double-edged sword, though, too.  If you walk in looking like you could be the guy's boss who is interviewing you.....that gets a little tricky.  I've had to "dumb it down" on more than one occasion once I realized the man/woman interviewing me couldn't carry my pitch book.

Not exactly what the cover of Cover Girl would like. hmmmm At lease she had the courage to apply.  By the way hair grows and can be cut, piercings can be removed and tatoos are regretted when the wrinkles set in.  And to the overweight 46 year old, I would hire you for your brains not your scale.