Grrrrrrrrrrr If you want the job, can you least do your part

Girl these young'uns don't listen. I told my daughter who is very book smart and is going to an excellent university in the Fall how to dress for an interview for a job for a store in the mall. That heffa wore some long khaki shorts and a nice shirt. Granted it was for "Footlocker" but I was taught to dress for the job you want and not the job you have. That heffa didn't get called either. I had to get my sister, who is a human resource director of her company to school her about dress code because she thought I was being old fashioned. So when auntie told her the same thing I did, she dressed better and got a job at Wendy's. They are hard headed including my daughter.

Wow LaVerne,  there are two possible reasons for that ignorance........either she has no one at home trying to school her, or she hasn't listened  if there is someone telling her.

Thats why for ALL the jobs that my daughter has had  ( 4 to date ) and she's just 16.

Ive prepared her resume, styled her for the interview from the hair to the shoes,  practiced the questions with her on the way to the interview,  drove her to the interview, sat outside while she was in th interview and picked her brain after the interview was over. 

I've even been the one to make the follow up calls to the employer after the interview or urge my kid to do it if I got too busy.

Yeah some say thats me being overbearing....but trust  she aint never complained when she was getting the PAID

I figure by the time she becomes and adult, she will have seen me do it so much,  she wont have no choice but to emulate my work or die trying. 

My plans for my daughter  are gonna manifest  - come hell or high water.  

Hi,
I have to go against the grain on this one. This story reminds me of a panel interview that a friend and I (and 10 others) had back in 1996. We all worked together as temps and 6 positions were being filled permanently, so the 12 of us were the first considered for the positions. If hired our salary would triple + benefits.

My friend was very poor financially. She was caring for her then dying mother, she had 4 children and was just barely making it. Her situation was beyond the norm. At the time of the interview she came in poorly dressed, she was neat however. She later confided in me that she had nothing better to wear and no one to help her to get professional attire for the interview. She was fortunate to get the position and has since moved up to a supervisory position that she still works today.

 

Well really, my main reason for replying is to say, "HI"... long time no talk to...  but I agree with you 100%... I've interviewed lots of ignorant applicants of both genders and all races who were clueless about how to dress for the interview.... sadly, it cost them the job... I figure, at some point, the light will click on for them, but hopefully it won't be too late... take care and good to see you on the board....

Hi Verne!

Like a lot of folks, I wanted to say "hello" also, but I'm thinking back to working as a department (online news) supervisor and a part time instructor at my local HBCU. I hired one of my students and supervised a friend in the very rare internship position.

My student who usually looked at least "ready for the club" on campus came to work with flip flops and a pink rag on her head. My intern held a constant and loud cellphone conversation each night until she got much too tired regularly at 10:30. (She worked until 1 a.m.)

There was never a full time job in the media field for either one of them, but the big cities did yield collection service jobs and late night call center positions.

I'm just dull, nerdy ... and employed.

My best to BLP!

Frances

That poor fool.  How did she think she could apply for a professional position dressed for lunch at the mall.  No one ever taught her that the world doesn't give a damn about you being you.  Everything has a time and a place and sister girl is clueless.  She's young so you'd think someone at home would have set her straight.   She'd have been out of my office after the introduction.  I get so pissed when I run up against young Black people who want to be professionals yet have no good sense. 

Whyyyyyyyyyyy Sista, Whyyyyy