Wk 2 EOC: Sweet Charity, things she did right and things she did wrong

The scenes from Sweet Charity that we examined in class showed the life of taxi dancers and their discontent for their job. They all want to get out of that life and move on to something better for themselves, but can’t seem to leave. Charity goes to an employment agency looking for a job, any job. She has an interview with a man named Mr. Nicholsby, and during that interview there were many things she did correct and things she should have thought twice about before doing. First off things that she did correct, some helped her and some hindered her in the interview. Being polite was good, she made Mr. Nicholsby comfortable to speak with her and take the time to sit down with her. One thing she did right was being honest about her education and skills, though this hindered her in the interview. Unfortunately she did more wrong than right and led her to having to leave without a job opportunity. She primarily came unprepared, no resume and not knowing what she was considering to do for work, and she obviously didn’t practice for the interview. Other things she did wrong were things she probably could have helped if she prepared better. She didn’t wear correct attire for the interview, this is forgivable but she could have come by the agency days before her interview to see what employees were wearing. She wore too much makeup and too much jewelry, these are things she felt were appropriate because that what she did in her everyday life but she need to keep things relaxed for the first meeting/interview so she could find out what was acceptable and not. Next thing she did wrong was when talking about skills she basically told him she doesn’t have any. She wasn’t aware of skills she might have so when asked if she knew how to do something she just answered no, knocking herself down. Lastly she begged for a job which you should never do, and most notably she didn’t ask questions when she wasn’t sure of something or wanted to maybe know more.