Presentation

Well today I had my first job interview ever. ^^

It was great fun actually, the job itself was for a position as Sales Assistant at a shop in my local town centre and it went really well. However something interesting occurred to me while I was getting ready.

I was trying on my planned interview outfit this morning and not very pleased with it at all. And with good reason. I was wearing my smartest jeans (which were, admittedly, not all THAT smart) and a black polo-neck which looked ok, but not for a job interview. Nothing in the rest of my wardrobe would have done either; even my plain black trousers were too small. So i did what any sane person would do and went shopping.

After some time trawling through various shops looking for a plain blouse (that didn't have a V-neck so low you could almost see my belly button) I finally found one suitable and went home. Later on I went to the interview and did pretty well I think. Which was fine; not the point of the story though.


The point is that now I'm thinking about what would have happened if I'd gone with my original outfit. Would I have failed miserably just based on that? Would I still have been ok? Would my job have been harder?

What I think is that I would have been more nervous, not seen to be as good a prospect as before, and it would have lessened my chances dramatically. Does that mean that I made my skills any more by dressing that way? Of course not, however I looked the part.

Which makes sense I suppose - I mean, what would you rather play? A game with not so good graphics but a great storyline or a game with magnificent graphics and an average or similar storyline? What about films? Books?

People tend to go for the ones that are better presented. Something to do with the initial judgement of a person as I recall. Which is why you should always make at least some effort at presentation - whatever it is you're presenting. Book reports? Neater the better. Yourself? Same.

If something can be made neater with not a lot of effort then do it. (Not if its gone to take hours to just improve something very slightly though, then its not worth it)

Applies to all parts of your life really... Better something looks the better you'll do.