Word: suits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think you've got that $75000 a year consulting job in the bag? Not with that tie, honey. Pink paisley is out. Gone. And so are red, green, yellow, and orange. Double breasted suit? Too hip. Pantsuit? Too feminist. Nude pantyhose? Too secretarial. Loafers? Come on, boys and girls, get real. Just because you've got your resume filled to the brim, this is no time to slack off on interview apparel...
...Citibank, who also worked in the Cornell Career Office. "You don't want to be noticed for your clothes. Blend in as much as possible. Sure, it might be stifling to the creativity, but it's a stifling business. Your 4.0 should jump out rather than your bright red suit...
...Dress as you would if you were going to a funeral," Feeley continues. "Say your Aunty Liz died. You would never wear a little Victoria's Secret black lace top under a suit. Your mother would kill...
...name as a man with little patience for malfeasance by Big Business. "He's a rare judge who is sympathetic to the way the law intersects with consumer interests and investor interests," says consumer activist Ralph Nader. It was Sporkin at his most sulfurous who dismissed the 1990 suit by which Charles Keating tried to regain control of Lincoln Savings & Loan, whose collapse cost taxpayers $2 billion. Bluntly accusing Keating of "looting" Lincoln funds, Sporkin also pointed the finger at the lawyers and accountants who had made it possible...
...Chavis was fired last year for agreeing to pay more than $300,000 in N.A.A.C.P. funds to a female former employee who complained of sexual harassment; he made the agreement without the approval of the board of directors.) Last week Stephanie Rones, a former deputy legal counsel, filed a suit that accused Gibson, Chavis and four other N.A.A.C.P. officials of knowingly tolerating discrimination against women employees. Rones is seeking $800,000 in damages...