Are employers rejecting you because you're too fat?
We are part of a image conscious society where how you look is more important than your achievements and qualifications. We spend more than ever on image maintenance and power dressing to make the right impression at our jobs and enhance our careers. But what if you're not the perfect size six? The reality is that we're bigger than ever before. If how you look is so important, then could your size affect your job prospects?
Studies show that weight descrimination is common at work. A recent survey in a professional HR human resources journal showed that ninety-three per cent of Personnel professionals would give the position to the smaller-sized person when choosing between two otherwise equal applicants and the evidence shows that dress size discrimination counts more against females.
Emily Smith is now a size six lawyer but when working in an office some time ago and weighing 280 pounds, she was aware that she was being consistently sidelined. She found that being appointed to a job was inevitably a nightmare. Her resume would be attractive and professional, she would turn up for the interview very well prepared and would finish up squirming with embarassment by the employer's immediate look of horror at her size.
Big people often acquire a larger than life personality to compensate, and she was like that - always the office laugh but hurting inside. There were the practical jokes, and comments like at least SHE won't have an office romance unless its with the vending machine. She did all that she was able to overcome the assumption that fat people are idle and do not bother with their appearance. She would get up two hours early to paint her nails but this didn't make any difference because all the other office staff saw was this very big girl.
Although there are some women who defy these rules, everybody is stereotyped in one way or another. If you are plus size there is the negative stereotype of weak and lazy loser, but there can be a positive stereotype, that you are a life-loving, generous, big-hearted person - all useful characteristics in some professions.
However, if you don't want to encounter negative perceptions due to your dress size you will have to face the task of losing weight. There are many programs, but one of the most successful I have discovered is Dr Siegal's Cookie diet, which has worked for half a million people all over the world.
On this diet you eat cookies, lose weight! Chocolate, Blueberry, Oatmeal Raisin, Banana & Coconut Being on a diet doesn't mean you can't eat tasty foods, it's true to say that if you only eat boring food, you're more likely to give up which is why this weight loss plan really works.
Imagine, like our example above - when your kids come out of school, they won't feel embarassed by the blob waiting for them outside the gate, but will feel proud of their slim and attractive Mom!
