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8/6/2019 Professional Look

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All the Classes are focused to teach importance of certain aspects that are required for the

professional world.

Each class will show importance of these attributes and give a guidelines.

Skills such as Presentation and Communication is critical for your success.



We will also perform some activities to prepare Resumes and give presentation in front of

other students.



This is Class 3 and we focus on Professional Look.



Today we discuss why it is important to Dress Professionally.

We will try to answer logically two important questions

1. Doe it really make difference in professional world to dress accordingly?

2. The basic norm says “Whats inside you is important rather than how you look”. Where

is the disconnect with Professional world with this statement.

The core focus of today's discussion is not to show you how you can tie a Tie or choose

right wearable accessories.

But the Focus is to provide you the logical explanation on why you should dress properly.

Why this is important for your career.

We will distribute a Hand-out on Table Etiquettes which you should go through to

understand certain norms that you should follow when you dine with someone in

professional world.



To, answer the questions that we intend to today, we should first try to analyze some

pictures.



[Interactive Session]

It seems that you are also able to indentify that she works for “Singapore Airlines”



Why are you not thinking that three persons are beating one poor guy??


So, just by judging by picture you know no unjust is being done rather a criminal might

being apprehended.




Have you also noticed that the person in the picture is famous actor John Travolta. Why

didn’t you notice that first?





You can also easily identify the first person from the left is not of same rank and position

that of the other persons in the picture. Why?



So, It is understandable that Business Environments do care about how you dress.

It Labels your profession and position in the organization as well as in society.

In fact Businesses are highly conservative on how their employees dress or their outlook.

Imagine that the Street Polices does not have any uniform and they wear same dress that

anyone wears when they are on duty.If you were mugged, or in trouble, who would to call for help. Would you be go about and

ask everyone whether he is police and can help?



So, You appearance announces many aspects about you.



Remember there are many aspects about yourself that you may even know about. But

those will also be announced by your outlook and appearance. If this is true then Following

statement is also true as well [Change to Next Slide]



Thus probably a sales has been already made when you walked through that door.

But this contradicts with what we have learned as moral that one should be judged by their

inner self.

To answer that question we have to do another exercise by trying to guess some what abook is about by looking at its picture.



Please check pictures of following Books and try to guess what they are about




So, it might a book of scripture or mythology or something of very importance. However it

is clear that that this is not an Adventure Story book.




The Left book, some how signals that it is a book regarding giving some type of guideline

and instruction or introduction to something. Something related to recent things.

The right book is obviously a childrends book with pictures.



So, we judge a Book by its over and outlook without even reading them. What if those

books have different content than that we thought of?



So, If you Judge a Book by its Cover… Then following statement is also true…. [Change

Slide]



Returning the actual question that Shouldn’t people judge me by what I really am inside??

Isn’t that more important? Doesn’t that count more ??



Yes it does … it eventually does once one got to know you better.



But not immediately … not just by looking at you or not with simple conversation. So, you

know you will be able to pursue someone that you are special despite your outlooks say

otherwise. I know you are confident about this. However, within that time …. [Change

Slide]



Many important opportunities are lost. One has to decide whether to hide you or not

within 5 to 15 minutes of interview. How can someone judge you within that time frame

regarding your integrity, honesty, trustworthiness and other skills?? So, your friend with the

right outlook despite not having all the right skills will take away the great opportunity from

you. Do you really want that ?



So, we can bring conclusion that it is important to dress properly or according to business

situations.

Well one might say or think that “I am so many problems or issues… How can I change

myself or dress in a way that others will not notice them??”

This is true and false in certain sense. First “true” because.. [Change Slide]



But “False” Because you can control how you represent yourself to others. In that respect it

becomes non-important what your skin color is, how tall you are.

If you have watched the hit movie called “Wild Wild West” whether Will Smith played a

role of Cowboy with Guns around his waist. Have you noticed something odd about themovie. [Interactive Session]

It was not possible or allowable for a “Black person” to do all those things that Will Smith

did in “Wild Wild West” without being hanged since Black were still not free and were

slaves at that time. BUT is a huge inconsistency in the movie. How come no one noticed

this and accepted “Will Smith” with all the shooting and fighting that he did as a free

“White Person?”

The answer is simple. It is how Will Smith Portray himself in the movie with captivated the

audience not to think about his “Color”. If you have not thought about this then he hassuccessfully done this with worldwide audience.

So, it is possible to change peoples perception about you, despite all the imperfection that

you may think you have.



When walk through the Interview door or to a customer, you have less than 30 Seconds to

make the impression. 30 Seconds to portray yourself as such that people easily could see

what inside you. This is tough and close to impossible unless you agree with what we have

been discussing about.

Your proper business wise outlook will play a key here since it conveys many informationthat is required to nail that great job and sales. [Change Slide]



So, this 30 Seconds is really important since most of the decision is taken within that time.

Yes, you can sway the decision toward you even after this time frame but it is really really

tough to achieve that. Most of all, then you will also be facing competition from your

competitors.

I have done Consultancy deals when I charged 3 times more that what others offered. Yet,

the job was mine and I Signed the deal. This is not an remote example rather than I have

many real example as such as this. If someone feels comfortable with you and trusts you

then I professional world it has its cost and value. This takes us to our First class where we

discussed about Self Esteem. [Interactive Session]

So, it is important what the first impression that make. Study showed that … [Change Slide]



Yes. This is true!!! So must be aware that [Change Slide]



An extensive Study by Dr. Judith Walter (Fairleigh Dickinson University) give some

interesting following real data [Change Slide]



In this particular Experiment, Employers were presented with Resumes (with picture) then

people who dressed as per the job requirement. It was found that those who were called

for Interview has pictures attached with Resume that showed an outlook that matches with

the job. Those who got the job and were offered more salary that others had outlook that

perfectly suited the job requirment.



It has been found that sometime Employers go beyond their salary structure just to recruit

someone who fits the Part because of their outlook.



So, again we can conclude that Polished Business Outlook is important.



But you MUST dress according to Industry that you work in and the job category that you fit

it. If your Job requires you to wear “Hat” then you must. But you Must choose one that fits

the industry. A designer “hat” will not fit in Construction site where you work and people

will raise eye browse. You modest yet smart dress should properly match your job category.



Most of all you should dress to show your confidence and competence in the organization.

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