Does it really cost money to make money? Does it really cost that much to look good? Is that what’s meant by putting your money to work for you? No, I think not.
What I like about my current job is the lack of dress code—I get to wear jeans every day. That’s the perk for working off hours in a place where clients do not visit. I call it the coal mines, but I relish that part. No one to impress with your overpriced dress. You get to feel just yourself.
In thinking of a job change, that’s the one part I’d hate to give up. I hated walking into an office building for the interview where everyone had on business casual, heels, and looked so put together. I am never put together, and I’m comfortable that way. My hair won’t behave, so I let it be. My jeans fringe and have paint on them, my makeup disappears before the day does, and my back rejects heels. I am comfortable in my own skin, but not in $450 worth of newness. I tug and pull and walk weirdly and check my makeup. For some, that’s their natural state; they feel more themselves all pulled together. For me, not so much. I guess I’m a coal mine kind of girl, and it probably shows.
What have you done for a job interview?
If boots have heels, I can wear them...something about the ankle support, but put me in a pair of heels and a skirt and I feel like Poseidon in dry dock. I bought a lovely pair of heels for an interview and it wasn't pretty. I just remember trying to walk up the stairs where the interview was being held and praying that I made it up without twisting an ankle...I made it. The way down (thank goodness I was alone) I did one of those "funky try-to-catch-your-balance-moves" and broke the heel off the shoe. Never again. Slacks and boots. No heels.
ReplyDeleteAh, interviews. My favorite question(ages ago) was when I was asked if my child was sick, would I leave work. I thought, well since he's 1, it's not like I can call him a cab, tell him to take a couple of aspirin and call me if he needs me. For the record I didn't get that job. And I was greatly relieved...and pissed. The man they hired...he was fired...maybe they shoulda gone with the mommy, huh?
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like the fun of an interview...