In the movie Sweet Charity, Charity was going in for an interview. Here is what she did right, because you should always start with the positives, then we will go into the negatives of what she did wrong.
First, she went in there with great attitude, made herself look clean and even went as far to make sure her hair was on point. It was a way of Charity advertising herself. "Advertising also must compete for attention. The public is selective about what it will respond to or pay attention to since it is bombarded with advertising..." (130.) To add to her dress code, she didn't dress the some as all the other females in the office with shirts and blazers, but she knew she couldn't dress very skimpy-like as she did in her old job. For someone who never graduated from school, it's quite impressive to know that you should dress to impress, she just didn't know the how-to for dressing in that environment.
What Charity didn't do right was ask the questions. She could have asked questions on how to get the experience in filing papers, working a type writer, or maybe even start off being an intern for a company. She could have asked how to get started. I couldn't help but laugh at the interviewer who saw that she possessed absolutely no skills, it had to be a complete joke set up by other co-workers. Cruel, but hilarious. Which is one thing to laugh at if it was a complete joke saying you want to get into a high position with no experience whatsoever, but in this case, Charity truly had no experience. "The conflict can occur because of communication problems, how the team is organized, or personal differences, among other reasons." (336.)
If the man had taken this a different way, he could've helped her a little bit more by providing ways so she can get a job so she can get out of her current job being a taxi-girl. "Members of high-performance teams trust, respect, and support each other. Managers who trust respect, and support employees provide opportunities for staff to become motivated." (335.) The trust, respect and support are what would have really pushed Charity to find opportunity.
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