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I am no talking about the usual things like wardrobe,hairstyles,and hygeine.
I'm talking about missing front teeth,a balding man,and other things beyond a persons control. I am going to include someone with an annoying voice.
I think my voice can come across as annoying,but I cant change it. I can't talk loud,and it sounds kinda "raspy" like a smokers voice but I don't smoke.
I also know someone who thinks they don't get call backs after interviews because he is missing front teeth due to an accident.
I'm in nursing,and with the missing teeth thing I guess some would be taken aback by seeing a nurse with missing teeth,but he has excellent skills.
I am no talking about the usual things like wardrobe,hairstyles,and hygeine.
I'm talking about missing front teeth,a balding man,and other things beyond a persons control. I am going to include someone with an annoying voice.
I think my voice can come across as annoying,but I cant change it. I can't talk loud,and it sounds kinda "raspy" like a smokers voice but I don't smoke.
I also know someone who thinks they don't get call backs after interviews because he is missing front teeth due to an accident.
I'm in nursing,and with the missing teeth thing I guess some would be taken aback by seeing a nurse with missing teeth,but he has excellent skills.
I'm a smoker and I do not have a 'raspy' smokers voice whatever that is.
The easy fix is to get a partial or dentures to replace the missing teeth and no one knows the difference.
I'm a smoker and I do not have a 'raspy' smokers voice whatever that is.
The easy fix is to get a partial or dentures to replace the missing teeth and no one knows the difference.
That's easy to figure out. Its actually going to cost him $2000,money he doesn't have.
That's easy to figure out. Its actually going to cost him $2000,money he doesn't have.
Dentures don't cost that much and many places have payment plans. Remember this is an investment in your career and future no different than paying for college. The teeth thing is a HUGE deal and worth every penny he can do to fix it. No one wants to talk to someone with no teeth or poor oral hygiene and that's the message. If it's the only imperfection that's one thing, but when you add it to others it paints a bad picture.
The things you are mentioning deeply depend on the job this person is seeking as well. I remember interviewing sales reps once and I'd seen everything. I remember this one girl who did okay until she walked out of my office and had this HUGE snag run down the back of her sweater. It's attention to detail when representing herself relative to representing a company that cost her.
One company I worked for had a black sales manager (so no nasty grams please) and she was interviewing sales reps and came in my office across the hall and shut the door. She was laughing so hard she could hardly talk and asked me if I had seen the show "In Living Color" the night before and I had. On it was a skit about this dude with this exagerated geri curl. She said, "Go look in my office." So I casually went to the copier and walked back and shut the door. The guy had this dripping geri curl exactly like the skit in the show. She said, both of us laughing, "I don't even know if I can go back in there." She couldn't stop laughing. It was an old hairstyle and believe me there was no way she could have hired him.
So, do all the things you mention matter - you bet they do.
I am no talking about the usual things like wardrobe,hairstyles,and hygeine.
I'm talking about missing front teeth,a balding man,and other things beyond a persons control. I am going to include someone with an annoying voice.
I think my voice can come across as annoying,but I cant change it. I can't talk loud,and it sounds kinda "raspy" like a smokers voice but I don't smoke.
I also know someone who thinks they don't get call backs after interviews because he is missing front teeth due to an accident.
I'm in nursing,and with the missing teeth thing I guess some would be taken aback by seeing a nurse with missing teeth,but he has excellent skills.
Do you medically have a condition? Or is this more psychological? There are folks who through stress and psychological causes present as having larynx issues but actually are "fine" and don't really have vocal chord paralysis. My suggestion would be to have this medically reviewed by an ENT and if you do not have an underlying problem then to work with a counselor/therapist to figure out the underlying issue.
If you just *think* you can't talk loud-- or feel uncomfortable doing so than work with folks like toastmasters to overcome fear of speaking out loud.
Lack of teeth in the front is something people will make judgements on- I would take out a loan or take out a payment plan to at least get some dentures or something for the front until I could afford a better alternative.
I am no talking about the usual things like wardrobe,hairstyles,and hygeine.
I'm talking about missing front teeth,a balding man,and other things beyond a persons control. I am going to include someone with an annoying voice.
I think my voice can come across as annoying,but I cant change it. I can't talk loud,and it sounds kinda "raspy" like a smokers voice but I don't smoke.
I also know someone who thinks they don't get call backs after interviews because he is missing front teeth due to an accident.
I'm in nursing,and with the missing teeth thing I guess some would be taken aback by seeing a nurse with missing teeth,but he has excellent skills.
Things beyond a person's control... We can all find ways to fix our teeth. I agree about things such as height perhaps, but weight can be controlled. A decent appearance can be created, and we can all put on a confident air.
But yes, I do think it matters depending upon the position applied for. If you will be sitting around and not interacting witht he public, maybe not so much.
And seriously, I am not saying I think this is right necessarily, but there just are positions that are better held by more alpha people.
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