From: dara tomar (wish2ie@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 22 2007 - 15:27:32 ART
*heheheehe....
That was really the great one !!!!!!
Regards,
Dara*
On Nov 22, 2007 11:07 PM, ccie19226 <ccie19226@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Well I feel that I am certainly amongst kindred spirits thus far.
>
> I appreciate that a neat and tidy representation of ones image is required
> but if I wanted to wear the full suit deal - I would have done an MBA or
> something. It's easy to deck a closet out with Armani or Pierre Cardin,
> but
> come crunch time and production is taking a beating etc - I fail to see
> how
> the threads are going to help any - other than apparently getting you
> another job.
>
> I was chastised today by an agency for attending an interview and not
> wearing a suit. Apparently this was the reason given as to why I was not
> suitable for the role. I honestly laughed at it. The agency representative
> was adamant that I would not find work dressing the way I did.
>
> Interestingly enough though - a little while ago I was contacted by
> another
> agency at very short notice to attend another interview. I was already out
> and about and the only way I could make it on time was to go in what I was
> wearing - jeans, collared shirt and sneakers. I've since been offered the
> role and just working out the formalities now.
>
> Weird how the world works sometimes!
>
> Anyhow I really liked a unicast response I received re this post:
>
> "You are a CCIE now, you can go in there naked if you feel like it. As a
> matter of fact you should call ahead and tell them what to wear." - BB
>
> God love ya B!
>
> Cheers,
> Con.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Wollmann, Bruno RQHR
> Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:59
> To: advitar84@yahoo.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Re: OT: To suit or not to suit? That is the question.
>
> But you are trying to sell yourself. It's been 10 years since my last
> interview and I wore a suit because there was no "business casual" 10
> years ago.
>
> I guess you could ask the proctor - I mean the HR person that schedules
> your interview if there is a company dress code.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> advitar84@yahoo.com
> Sent: November 22, 2007 10:45 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Re: OT: To suit or not to suit? That is the question.
>
> I'm not sure if this will help but I was hired as a place. I had came
> to the interview right after work as the job I left for the new job.
> Few months later I asked the person who interviewed me what he thought.
> He commented that when I came to the interview I was dressed like an
> engineer. I asked him what he meant?
>
> He commented that I was not dressed in a suits and I was in a polo shirt
> and pants. He found that more people who dress in suits where "business
> people" and not really engineers. I found this comment interesting
> because I would never take a job that required me to wear a suit
> everyday. For god sakes I'm not a saleperon I'm here to fix the
> problem.
>
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-- Regards, Dara
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