RE: Gray hair and first impressions

["Lydia Wong" <lydiaw -at- fpoint -dot- com>]

My post said (in part):

> > If Pat had a last name that indicated a certain ethnicity, would
> > people
> > reply that she should change it to get the job? I doubt it. So why
> > should she change her looks?

John replied:

> It depends on how much she wants the job. To the issue of not
> changing (or lying) about ethnicity for a job? It happens every day.

John, I can see *why* someone would do this, just as I see why Pat might
consider dyeing her hair. But that doesn't mean I'd *advise* them to do so,
which was part of my point.

Lydia
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Lydia Wong
Technical Writer
FarPoint Technologies, Inc.
www.fpoint.com


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