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Subject:RE: Gray hair and first impressions From:"Lydia Wong" <lydiaw -at- fpoint -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:14:40 -0500
My post said (in part):
> > If Pat had a last name that indicated a certain ethnicity, would
> > people
> > reply that she should change it to get the job? I doubt it. So why
> > should she change her looks?
John replied:
> It depends on how much she wants the job. To the issue of not
> changing (or lying) about ethnicity for a job? It happens every day.
John, I can see *why* someone would do this, just as I see why Pat might
consider dyeing her hair. But that doesn't mean I'd *advise* them to do so,
which was part of my point.
Lydia
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Lydia Wong
Technical Writer
FarPoint Technologies, Inc.
www.fpoint.com
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