Too Pretty To Be Hired?

Oh please, that's a cheap shot. If anything, her being
pretty would have helped her to land the job. Having an
attitude problem and wearing sexy attire to work is not acceptable, no matter where you work and what your qualifiactions are.

The court's decision was right!

Hard to know what to make of this story, which I read about earlier. If she did indeed dress provocatively, then I'm sure that hurt her chances. She was working, after all, at a university library, not a cocktail bar...

(Thanks for posting this, Bella Dea. It's the kind of question that makes us think before we respond, unlike so many political/social issue threads...)

Of course, she is dressed very conservatively for the cameras. This has been going on over a course of 6 years and things may have changed since then.

Sexy dress is great at the night club, but not in the office. If she started out that way, she was probably overlooked even later. Nothing is mentioned of her qualifications and that is probably more to the point.

A man, no matter whether he be considered good looking or ugly, would probably not receive a promotion that he was not qualified for.

This lady seems to think that the job was owed to her. Otherwise she would not be stating that she has lost $150,000.00 in wages. She lost nothing....she did not have that job.

I didn't know it was going on this long....I just heard about it. Hm. I need to move the rock I'm living under more frequently.....

The article you referred us to indicated that she has been turned down 16 times since 1999 :wink:

Now I feel like an...


I heard this on the radio and didn't really read this article..... I am going to stop posting now.....

Don't feel embarrassed about that. It's still a new story. The pictures you posted showed her standing outside the courthouse just a couple of weeks ago after jury selection in her case. Of course her getting turned down isn't news until she sues.

No sweetheart, the article is from late March 2005.
In the article they made reference to her numerous
applications to Harvard that dated back to 1999.

SO come back Donkey

Ok, but still....

Hey, nice err donkey you have there

Like it?

That's stupid. She's not that hot, at least it doesn't make sense she wouldn't get hired for being attractive.

And of course, she had to play the old reliable "it's because I'm black" card.

Her qualifications are listed and they look pretty good:

"Goodwin had a master's degree in English literature, a second master's in library science, seven years of experience working in the library of Boston College, and another nine years as an assistant librarian at Harvard."

I agree that dressing sexy at work is a dumb idea but she doesn't sound like a bimbo.

Personally, I'd kind of like to know who got promoted around her, and why.

Good point. I was originally wonding that too, but got caught up in the rest and ignored it. Could be relevent.

Maybe her attitude sucked. That would be my assumption as to why she wasn't hired.

But she was hired - and worked there for nine years.

If her attitude sucked she should have been fired - not not considered for promotion.

Sometimes it is hard to fire based on "attitude" alone

True true....Hm...

It is kind of curious that someone would remain at the same position for 9 years despite applying for numerous promotions. If they wanted to keep her, why wouldn't they try to help her develop her career? And if they didn't want to keep her...