I have been doing some interviewing recently and found that there might be a need for a review of some simple rules for job interviews for prospective employees:
1. Show up.
2. Know the position that you applied for and for which you are being interviewed.
3. Be prepared to answer questions concerning the salary you are seeking.
4. Take the time to find out a little about the organization with which you would like to be employed.
Bonus rule - Find out and remember the name(s) of the people you are interviewing with and their position with the prospective employer.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Friday, November 7, 2008
More about the clothes.....
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/07/palin-aide-calls-anonymous-campaign-charges-sickening/
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
If only Bill had worn a sundress....
Wednesday morning. It's over. The election uncertainty has finally ended and we have a new President-Elect. While he was not my candidate he certainly ran an organized and focused campaign. And hopefully he will be the President for all of us. Although he ran on a special interest platform i.e. those who don't have getting it from those who do have. But I digress.
As a 50-year-old woman I was excited during the course of this election to see two strong women in this race. Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. While my political ideals are far from Hillary's in most respects I couldn't help but be excited to see a woman go toe to toe with the other Democratic candidates. However the media coverage of Hillary was distracting - especially the amazing focus on her pantsuits. Bill's input into her campaign was discussed but if he had only worn a sundress maybe the coverage would have been positive....
Hillary had a political machine that she had worked for years waiting for this day and the mainstream media zeroed in on her showing a little cleavage. Yet we were treated to Barack in a swimming suit. Please. Anyway Mr. Obama, with the help of the media and their ridiculously sexist comments, steamed past the Hillary train and won the Democratic nomination. Then the man who had gone head to head with Hillary didn't even vet her for vice-president. Who can blame Bill for some animosity?
And as a woman I felt left behind again. Too much time planning the blowout Greek party to worry about mending fences and gathering support in the Democratic party. But then again it looks like it wasn't needed. Barack had Michele and her sundress behind him. Women swarmed the stores to get the same dress. In fairness to Michele Obama I am sure that she would have preferred that her achievements both professionally and personally be recognized over her sundress but we are dealing with mainstream media mentality - what is the woman (any woman) wearing....
Next up was Sarah Palin. A strong woman if there ever was one. And finally one whose political beliefs I could whole-heartedly endorse. Again the media is focussed on what she wears. The glasses, the hairdo and finally the scandal of the Republican party paying for her clothes. Issues which, of course, are much more important and should have received even more coverage than they did no doubt... (pardon my sarcasm)
Finally I cannot escape the image of the Palin effigy which was used as a Halloween decoration in California. This act and the response it received epitomized the willingness of our country to tolerate violence towards women. And the respect that serious women who have worked hard deserve for their achievements seems all that much further out of reach. I recall the horrified reactions when nooses were found at high schools and workplaces a year or so ago. Those nooses were totally wrong. But why is the reaction to an actual effigy of a woman shown hanging from a noose so muted?? This was not even considered a hate crime?!
So while this election represented a huge step for Americans of African descent and a historic achievement - and I am glad for these neighbors and fellow Americans - I find myself discouraged with the obvious continuing sexism in our country. And I find myself the most disappointed with our media. And even women in the media are subject to this sexism. Alexis Glick is one of the smartest women I have seen on TV and still she was the object of a sexist remark in passing the other day which took me by surprise. She is a consummate professional and the show went on. But wouldn't it have been nice if there was an apology or even some notice of the inappropriateness of comments on a women's appearance on a serious news show?
And wouldn't it have been nice to have Hillary running and Sarah Palin running...
I have 5 sisters (one brother) and four daughters. To them I say -
You've come a long way Baby. But there is still a very long way to go.....
As a 50-year-old woman I was excited during the course of this election to see two strong women in this race. Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. While my political ideals are far from Hillary's in most respects I couldn't help but be excited to see a woman go toe to toe with the other Democratic candidates. However the media coverage of Hillary was distracting - especially the amazing focus on her pantsuits. Bill's input into her campaign was discussed but if he had only worn a sundress maybe the coverage would have been positive....
Hillary had a political machine that she had worked for years waiting for this day and the mainstream media zeroed in on her showing a little cleavage. Yet we were treated to Barack in a swimming suit. Please. Anyway Mr. Obama, with the help of the media and their ridiculously sexist comments, steamed past the Hillary train and won the Democratic nomination. Then the man who had gone head to head with Hillary didn't even vet her for vice-president. Who can blame Bill for some animosity?
And as a woman I felt left behind again. Too much time planning the blowout Greek party to worry about mending fences and gathering support in the Democratic party. But then again it looks like it wasn't needed. Barack had Michele and her sundress behind him. Women swarmed the stores to get the same dress. In fairness to Michele Obama I am sure that she would have preferred that her achievements both professionally and personally be recognized over her sundress but we are dealing with mainstream media mentality - what is the woman (any woman) wearing....
Next up was Sarah Palin. A strong woman if there ever was one. And finally one whose political beliefs I could whole-heartedly endorse. Again the media is focussed on what she wears. The glasses, the hairdo and finally the scandal of the Republican party paying for her clothes. Issues which, of course, are much more important and should have received even more coverage than they did no doubt... (pardon my sarcasm)
Finally I cannot escape the image of the Palin effigy which was used as a Halloween decoration in California. This act and the response it received epitomized the willingness of our country to tolerate violence towards women. And the respect that serious women who have worked hard deserve for their achievements seems all that much further out of reach. I recall the horrified reactions when nooses were found at high schools and workplaces a year or so ago. Those nooses were totally wrong. But why is the reaction to an actual effigy of a woman shown hanging from a noose so muted?? This was not even considered a hate crime?!
So while this election represented a huge step for Americans of African descent and a historic achievement - and I am glad for these neighbors and fellow Americans - I find myself discouraged with the obvious continuing sexism in our country. And I find myself the most disappointed with our media. And even women in the media are subject to this sexism. Alexis Glick is one of the smartest women I have seen on TV and still she was the object of a sexist remark in passing the other day which took me by surprise. She is a consummate professional and the show went on. But wouldn't it have been nice if there was an apology or even some notice of the inappropriateness of comments on a women's appearance on a serious news show?
And wouldn't it have been nice to have Hillary running and Sarah Palin running...
I have 5 sisters (one brother) and four daughters. To them I say -
You've come a long way Baby. But there is still a very long way to go.....
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