Going for the Look

After reading the article,"Going for the Look, but Risking Discrimination", I was in shock on how big clothing line companies are known to pick and choose who they hire based on how they look. Hiring managers are told to hire people who fit that "look". I currently work in the retail field for Banana Republic and let me tell you this I DO NOT fit their look they portray outside of work. I still do my job and make sales for them regardless of the way I look. Stores should take into consideration fitting the "look" but not mainly focus on it. Fitting the "look" doesn't mean the person is going to do the job any better than the person who doesn't. I actually have been overlooked because of my "look". About two months ago I applied for a job at PacSun and I got an interview based on my work experience. The person who interviewed me told me I did great and there was another person getting interviewed with me. The other person did fit the PacSun "look" but had no work experience and was younger, on the other hand, I've worked in retail for a year. I did not get the job but the other guy did because he fit the "look" but I did not because I did not. Stores should not overlook a potenial employee because they do not fit the look.

About Me

Hi, my name is Julio Gracia and I am currently a senior at Napa highschool. I am 17 years old, I live in Napa, I like to chill with friends, I work at Banana Republic (for a year I think), and my main focus right now is doing my best at my school work. Outside of my work and school life, I like to hangout with friends, play soccer, basketball, and I can't wait to start training MMA again for my senior project. If I don't know you im pretty quite around strangers, but if I know you I'll be all around a good person. My MMA training took a huge break for numerous reasons the biggest one was that I tore my lateral meniscus last summer and I didn't want to go to the doctors. (moral of this story: Go to the doctors when you're hurt!!!) I kept holding it off for a couple months especially through christmas season, because my job was giving me more hours. Eventually I got MRIs done and when I got a phone call back my heart dropped, the doctor said I had a torn meniscus and a partial tear in my ACL. I went through surgery and a week after surgery they said it was a minor tear. I  felt very useless for he days I was on crutches and the pain a day after was way too painful to handle. In all the time I was in recovery and not working I learned a couple of things: First don't get lazy because I did, second is be patient the time will come and it will be all worth the wait. Two main things helped me get through this my family because they would always visit and care for me. Second is the athlete I look up to Georges St. Pierre. I look up to him for numerous reasons but the two main ones are that he's, in my opinion, the best fighter in the world and he is very humble. Besides always following MMA I listen to a lot of music my favorite artist at the time is Trey Songz. I like his songs because I can relate to most of them and the rest I like. Many of my friends that I hangout with a lot are in college, I really don't know why but I tend to hangout with them more. They always tell me im really mature for my age. I don't have anything to say about that except that I follow my dads advice all the time because in the end im wrong and he's always right. After high school I plan to go to college but I don't know what I'm going to study, all I know is that a higher educations is vital to me for my future. Thats about it for me, I've said all that has came through my mind if you have any questions I'm here.