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| Famous Nigerian traditional musician, BUGA with Ovation Photo Journalist, Abraham Falodun |
Each
and every morning you need to check that your personal grooming is in tip top
condition. Details really matter. You let one thing go and it will be noticed –
and it could be the one thing that makes the vital difference between a
promotion and a rejection. Make each day as conscientious as an interview
day. Before you leave for work check:
and every morning you need to check that your personal grooming is in tip top
condition. Details really matter. You let one thing go and it will be noticed –
and it could be the one thing that makes the vital difference between a
promotion and a rejection. Make each day as conscientious as an interview
day. Before you leave for work check:
·
Shoes
shined and in good repair.
Shoes
shined and in good repair.
·
Clothes
pressed, clean, new, in good condition – no buttons off, no rips, tears or
splits.
Clothes
pressed, clean, new, in good condition – no buttons off, no rips, tears or
splits.
·
You
are freshly showered, deodorant in place.
You
are freshly showered, deodorant in place.
·
Hair
clean every day and well cut and styled on a regular and consistent basis.
Hair
clean every day and well cut and styled on a regular and consistent basis.
·
Men
shaved – if you have to have facial hair check for straggly hairs, crumbs,
insects, fluff, and mould.
Men
shaved – if you have to have facial hair check for straggly hairs, crumbs,
insects, fluff, and mould.
·
Women
made up – this can be as simple as you want but it must be good, consistent and
perfect.
Women
made up – this can be as simple as you want but it must be good, consistent and
perfect.
·
Teeth
clean and in good repair, breath fresh, tongue clean (no yellow fur.
Teeth
clean and in good repair, breath fresh, tongue clean (no yellow fur.
·
Nails
clean and freshly manicured.
Nails
clean and freshly manicured.
“MAKE EACH
DAY AS CONSCIENTIOUS AS AN INTEVIEW DAY”.
·
Hands
clean and no ingrained grime from working on old cars or DIY or gardening –
wear thin surgical gloves for all those dirty jobs.
Hands
clean and no ingrained grime from working on old cars or DIY or gardening –
wear thin surgical gloves for all those dirty jobs.
·
If
you smoke/drink a lot of coffee, make sure your teeth aren’t stained (or hands
for smokers) and use mints/chewing gum to avoid dog breath.
If
you smoke/drink a lot of coffee, make sure your teeth aren’t stained (or hands
for smokers) and use mints/chewing gum to avoid dog breath.
·
Nose
(and ear) hair tidied up/removed.
Nose
(and ear) hair tidied up/removed.
·
If
you wear glasses make sure they suit you, are renewed on a yearly basis so that
you can see, that they are a perfect fit and that they are in good condition –
no cracked lenses or elastoplast repairs.
If
you wear glasses make sure they suit you, are renewed on a yearly basis so that
you can see, that they are a perfect fit and that they are in good condition –
no cracked lenses or elastoplast repairs.
You
don’t have to become vain or to keep checking yourself in the mirror. Once you have got it right, relax and enjoy
it. I worked with a woman who would go
and clean her teeth after every coffee or sticky bun. Nothing wrong with that except it drew
attention to her and her colleagues thought her strange and obsessive. Her fault was not in cleaning her teeth so
often but in making such a song and dance out of it. A little discretion would have been much
better.
don’t have to become vain or to keep checking yourself in the mirror. Once you have got it right, relax and enjoy
it. I worked with a woman who would go
and clean her teeth after every coffee or sticky bun. Nothing wrong with that except it drew
attention to her and her colleagues thought her strange and obsessive. Her fault was not in cleaning her teeth so
often but in making such a song and dance out of it. A little discretion would have been much
better.
(Excerpts from THE RULES OF WORK by Richard Templer Read “How to be
attractive” from The Rules
tomorrow on Asabeafrika)
attractive” from The Rules
tomorrow on Asabeafrika)
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