I just recently got a job at an insurance company. While i was at work today someone came up to me and told me that i should think about selling insurance for a living. I thought this was wierd because this is the first job i have ever had involving insurance and i really dont know much about insurance. He said that i would be great in that field because i am a tall blonde that knows how to dress well and i know how to talk to people. I took this as a great compliment because i want to be a great business woman when i get a career, but it also made me think. Do women have an advantage just because we are women??
He continued to tell me about a close friend of his that wanted to start her own business selling insurance. So she put on her short skirt, low shirt, tall heels, and a great smile and headed out to the Hispanic car dealerships. He said the first few months she did this she made about 5,000 a month just targeting these car dealerships. Then we got in a discussion about how any well dressed woman with confidence and a great smile could walk into a room full of men and sell anything. To me this is a great advantage, but also i want not only to be know as the pretty girl that can sell insurance, but as a woman that has worked her butt off to get where she is today.
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I was in a marketing class in high school where women were the primary winners in every area. I learned quickly that a women dressed correctly and with a high confidence level could destroy any field even with supperiour marketing campaigns. Lets face it, men are suckers for women, and women want to see other women succeed.. As a white male, i felt screwed all around! : )
\but as a side note, if you have it, use it. Obviously not anything real degrading, but then again where does a women draw the line? After all, on one hand she might want everything "equal" but on the other hand, there are obvious differeneces.... anyway, i talk too much....
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