Barb asked:


It has been mentioned in another question that home-schoolers might be ridiculed and shunned by potential employers and college recruiters because they might be wearing a denim jumper or frumpy mom-clothes. (Poor boys….. I hope they are NOT wearing the jumpers!!! ;-) Well, maybe the girls do and maybe they don’t.
My home school students don’t seem to have a problem with style. And SO WHAT if others dress in other than the preppy, cool, brand-name, media promoted garb?
It is supposed that others might be mean to them…. Is this true? Will you yourself be mean to someone that you meet if they are dressed differently than you?
Will a boss deny the job to a qualified applicant because he isn’t wearing the status-quo Nikes or whatever brand is in vogue at the moment?
Should a college recruiter tell a young person that they can’t attend the University because they are in frumpy clothing even though they aced the SAT?

Good students get into college!
Good workers get the job!
So… what I think that I am reading is that potential bosses and college professors would rather work with someone based on assumption vs reality.

Scenario: You are the boss in charge of hiring. The owner of the company relies on you to make the best choice.
What criteria will you use to make your decision?

Will a highly skilled chemistry major not be offered a full-ride scholarship to Nuclear Engineering Graduate School because he or she is wearing home-made clothing? I think not. My good friends are already there.

Stereo-typical assumptions about one’s mental state or emotional understanding of life….. yikes….. how can this be based on clothing style? Wow, the clothing manufacturers will be knocking on someone’s door to offer them a job soon! A new marketing technique — “Wear our clothes to prove you are emotionally stable!!!”
This cannot be based on any proven psychological study.

Think about it.

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