1. LECTURE OVERVIEW
The lecture “Building a Professional Presence” is split into two parts. In the first part, I was taught how to look professional by personal appearance, grooming, body language and first words. The lecture also has the right look for ladies and gentleman, which included the hair style, shirt, jacket, tie, and more factors. In the second part, I learnt the importance of image, individualism, interview and making the effort. The lecture also says about our skin, how to take good care of our skin, our skin type, the reason for age accelerator and etc.
2. MY THOUGHTS, VIEWS & CRITICISM
The lecture and workshop taught me how to dress for different events such as formal dinner, or just a business casual lunch and etc. I learnt that for a formal event, it is best to wear a business suit with a jacket and every single clothing and shoe plays a part in the perfect attire. The shirt must be well-pressed, the jacket cannot wrinkle across the back, and the pants fit above stomach and more. I think it is very handy for my upcoming internship, which in the sense that I will know what to wear for different occasions and will not embarrass myself in front of my colleagues and bosses and, for my future job that maybe requires me to wear formal to work, attend business conference, etc.
From the photo above, it shows the appropriate formal business suit for a formal dinner or a
business meeting.
It also taught me to take note of my personal appearance, grooming, body language and first words to have the first impression right if I’m meeting a new client in the future, or going for an interview. I used to think that when we are going for an interview, you just have to be prepared with all the documents but this lecture taught me to dress up, speak well and body languages.
This is a very good point to take note of as I will not know of this information and with all these information, I will excel more in interviews, meeting clients, and have more successful business
deals in the future.
From the above photo, it is a beginning of a lady at a job interview.The lecture also talks about judgement, personal grooming, body art & piercing, dressing, interview and making the effort. I learnt that people judge me as what they see and appearance & grooming really matters. Making the effort is to plan early, and most importantly people will
take you only as seriously are you taking yourself. I think that this is also another factor that will help me in my future. I know I will look good if I pay more attention to my personal grooming and appearance and it will definitely bring me to a higher level compared to those who never emphasize on their personal grooming and knowing what to dress, and knowing the fact that the interviewer makes an assessment of you within 30seconds to a minute and more.
From the photo above, we can see that he has a tattoo on his wrist thus he need to wear a longer inner shirt to cover as people might show prejudices against people who has tattoo.
This video will show us the importance of male grooming for a professional look.
The last part of the lecture is about our skin. It has information of the anatomy of our skin, skin ageing, skin type, skin care, age accelerator and facts & myths about skin. It is not that useful because when it comes to the business world, I think most people do not actually cares about your skin type but for our own benefit to at least ensure the minimum personal grooming, the lecture can shorten the information and only put those important information, such as how to take care of the different skin types.
3. HOW I APPLIED THOSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
My internship is coming up in March and these few weeks are full of different kind of companies’ interviews. The companies vary from Events Company to a resort, to a country club and to airport. From what I learnt in the lecture, it taught me to look good for my interview, my body language, my first word, my personal grooming, my appearance and my dressing actually plays a part in getting me a placement in the company. Another point will be making the effort to ensure I will look good on my interview day.
When I received a call or email from the company and they asked for an interview, I will always prepare myself for the interview. I will ensure my hair is neat by going for a haircut, ensuring my business suit is clean and ready for wearing, and personal grooming is up to standard. And I will remember to keep a good body language during the interview.
4. HOW THEY HAVE HAD AN IMPACT IN YOU
I changed my formal dressing sense as I know what to wear for interview and what to wear for different events. I used to go interview in shirt and pants but without tie and jacket but now I will wear it with tie and jacket as it will reflect a better first impression when the interviewer see me. And for the age accelerator, it states the habits that make people age faster and thus I will reduce those I have been doing these years so I will not age faster.
5. HOW THEY ARE RELEVANT TO YOU
The things I learnt from this lecture are quite relevant to my life. I can use the information of the dressing right for my upcoming internship, future business life. During my upcoming internship and future business life, I will take note of my personal appearance, grooming, and dressing in order to build a good first impression with my colleagues, bosses and even clients. Thus I think it is very relevant to my life now and my future.
The last part of the lecture is about our skin. It has information of the anatomy of our skin, skin ageing, skin type, skin care, age accelerator and facts & myths about skin. It is not that useful because when it comes to the business world, I think most people do not actually cares about your skin type but for our own benefit to at least ensure the minimum personal grooming, the lecture can shorten the information and only put those important information, such as how to take care of the different skin types.
3. HOW I APPLIED THOSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
My internship is coming up in March and these few weeks are full of different kind of companies’ interviews. The companies vary from Events Company to a resort, to a country club and to airport. From what I learnt in the lecture, it taught me to look good for my interview, my body language, my first word, my personal grooming, my appearance and my dressing actually plays a part in getting me a placement in the company. Another point will be making the effort to ensure I will look good on my interview day.
When I received a call or email from the company and they asked for an interview, I will always prepare myself for the interview. I will ensure my hair is neat by going for a haircut, ensuring my business suit is clean and ready for wearing, and personal grooming is up to standard. And I will remember to keep a good body language during the interview.
4. HOW THEY HAVE HAD AN IMPACT IN YOU
I changed my formal dressing sense as I know what to wear for interview and what to wear for different events. I used to go interview in shirt and pants but without tie and jacket but now I will wear it with tie and jacket as it will reflect a better first impression when the interviewer see me. And for the age accelerator, it states the habits that make people age faster and thus I will reduce those I have been doing these years so I will not age faster.
5. HOW THEY ARE RELEVANT TO YOU
The things I learnt from this lecture are quite relevant to my life. I can use the information of the dressing right for my upcoming internship, future business life. During my upcoming internship and future business life, I will take note of my personal appearance, grooming, and dressing in order to build a good first impression with my colleagues, bosses and even clients. Thus I think it is very relevant to my life now and my future.
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