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Re: Wardrobe/shoe choice for Interviews: is height an issue for women?

Subject: Re: Wardrobe/shoe choice for Interviews: is height an issue for women?
From: "John Fleming" <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 05:30:58 +0000


I thought this was an interesting enough topic that I took the liberty of cross-posting the original question to another group I follow.

No mention was made of our occupation or the kind of work we do, so people were free to say whatever they wanted.

One respondent made an interesting observation that I thought I'd share here.

"Jennifer" <jennifer -at- compsmart -dot- ab -dot- ca> wrote in message news:MPG -dot- 16b54bbbb2cf588f989701 -at- news -dot- interbaun -dot- com -dot- -dot- -dot-

In article <a2g1rg$vma$1 -at- slb4 -dot- atl -dot- mindspring -dot- net>, nospam -at- sprynet -dot- com says...
> Interesting question here.
> > What are people's thoughts here in edm.general?
>

Depends on whether the job is a stocker at Superstore or for an airline attendant. Height is an advantage for the first job and she might be too high for the latter.
As far as intimidating men--who cares. Wear what is comfortable.

> ""Estella Binoche"" wrote in message
> news:F1192Mb1s7nlT2NqFJ300008129 -at- hotmail -dot- com -dot- -dot- -dot- > > > As long as we're evaluating interview appearance from every possible
> angle,
> > how about this one: I'm a 5'10'' tall woman. Sometimes during my career
> I've
> > gotten the feeling that men are a little intimidated by my height. I'm
> > wondering if any other tall women out there have ever had this experience
> > and, if so, have you responded by going with flatter shoes during for the
> > interviewing process? I'm getting ready for a round of interviews and
> would
> > prefer to wear my stacked heel pumps, but I'm wondering if I'd be wise to
> > look for low-heeled loafers, in order to minimize my height. Does anyone
> > have any thoughts?


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John Fleming
Technical Writer and SAS Programmer
Edmonton, Canada


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