EOC Week 2: Sweet Charity

Today I had the pleaser of watching Sweet Charity starring Shirley MacLaine, the movie is about a Taxi dancer named Charity who continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet a nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. What I thought that was most interesting about this movie was Charity’s interview with human resources. What caught my attention was the dos and don’ts of her interview that I thought was important for everyone to know. Note: if you have not seen the movie there are some spoiler alerts, but well worth it. I will start with her dos: before the interview scene there was a musical number with Charity and two other women, they sang about how they were going to get out of the life of a taxi driver. The two other women did not do anything about it, but Charity did. By taking the initiative to actually get out of her job that she was clearly unhappy at to find something better to achieve in even though it may not work out on the first try shows that you are serious and driven to do better in life and in your career. The second thing that she did right was not desecrated herself, even though she had no experience in ANY field she didn’t bad mouth herself or her current employer. Be honest and be yourself — your best professional self.  Dishonesty gets discovered and is grounds for withdrawing job offers and for firing. You want a good match between yourself and your employer. If you get hired by acting like someone other than yourself, you and your employer will both be unhappy. Her don’ts: she should have dressed more appropriately, if you show up the day before look around and she what they are wearing so you can be Dress appropriately for the industry, Your personal grooming and cleanliness should be impeccable. Lastly at the end of it and she broke down and cried. Don't act as though you would take any job or are desperate for employment.