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Subject:Interview Protocol (was Friends at Work) From:Documania <dcma -at- MAIL1 -dot- NAI -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 29 Jul 1997 19:17:03 -0500
Anna wrote:
>
> My biggest piece of interview advice is to be comfortable, confident,
> and be yourself. A sense of humor doesn't hurt, either.
I have exercised that advice at every interview I've attended and it has
hurt me every time. I have a strong personality and an unconventional look
and style, and to date these have alienated most potential employers, even
when I behave as politely and professionally as I know how. I have never
lost or failed to gain work because of my skills; it has always been
because of my looks and/or personality.
The problem is, I don't know what to be, how to look, or how to act instead!
This is what pushed me into self-employment, at which I've been more
successful.
Carolyn Haley
DocuMania
dcma -at- ct1 -dot- nai -dot- net
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