| Show r. r r i 1 x 7 Your Appearance u Is Image Key Y by James Since you have chosen to enter enter enter en en- ter training here at the college your goal is to prepare yourself for a life of meaningful work What should be kept uppermost in your mind is that within a short time you will expect to earn a living with your new- new learned skills Perhaps more important than entry skills is your attitude to toward toward toward to- to ward your job and toward those for whom you work Since you will be working for people who in the main are not of your generation generation generation gen gen- you must consider at attitude attitude attitude at- at an important factor in your first job situation Whether or not you agree with the older generation is not important The fact is that YOU must be prepared prepared prepared prep prep- ared to sell yourself and your skill to them Others are competing competing competing compe compe- ting with you in seeking employment employment employment employ employ- ment in essentially a buyers buyer's market In order to present a saleable package to a prospective employer employer employer em em- I would encourage you to give serious consideration as asto asto asto to how this package looks Remember Remember Remember Re Re- member that your personality and your feelings about yourself are aie reflected in your personal appearance If you choose an off-beat off standard of appearance and dress as an expression of yourself this is your concern However if you expect to be employable you should give serious consideration to acceptable acceptable acceptable table standards of appearance in industry If by chance you rationalize yourself into a frame of mind that someday you will make the necessary change when it really becomes necessary necessary necessary sary you are deluding yourself seriously The change will not come easily The time to change is NOW Before you seek employment if you consciously cannot begin to make this adjustment now I would suggest that you question your training goals here at the college Acceptable personal appearance is an important part of your training and it should start now if total benefits from your training are to be obtained THE DECISION IS UP TO YOU |