Is this a diverse experience?

[choocoman]

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I worked at an inner city beauty salon for about 6 months. Most of our clientele were inner city women. Despite the fact that I served mainly a single homogenius subset of a population, is it a diverse experience that I can mention during my interviews?

For you people who have never worked at an inner city store, I hope you can imagine how difficult clients can sometimes be. I feel that if I survived the rancor of sometimes very large loud women, there is no doubt I can tackle any environment.

 

[Caesars0331]

Hi Kkm

 

[notJERRYFALWELL]

kinetic? is that you?

 

[choocoman]

I know that most of you will list such diverse experiences like volunteering your saturday mornings at the soup kitchen. But I was in the trenches with the inner city masses for 50-60 hours a week selling wigs and other beauty supplies. By choice.

A very demanding population, indeed.

 

[velo]

kinetic? is that you?

no i don't think it is...false alarm....

 

[Dodohead]

kinetic? is that you?

Wasn't kinetic just banned really recently? This guy has been on SDN since June 23...

 

[choocoman]

Judging from the fact that noones taking this seriously, I probably wont mention it during my interviews.

 

[shadowy onion]

Judging from the fact that noones taking this seriously, I probably wont mention it during my interviews.

I think its neat. But I wouldn't stress it too much.

 

[nina512]

Judging from the fact that noones taking this seriously, I probably wont mention it during my interviews.

There's nothing wrong with mentioning your experience just know how to articulate it without being politically incorrect (which might seem a little difficult since by saying inner-city already connotates a broad generalization).

I can relate to your "diverse" experience by having been a fuel attendent at a truck stop. Nothing is worse than an angry, smelly, trucker who's threatening to drive his semi through your window because you had to tell him is company's credit card was denied.

 

[choocoman]

There's nothing wrong with mentioning your experience just know how to articulate it without being politically incorrect (which might seem a little difficult since by saying inner-city already connotates a broad generalization).

I can relate to your "diverse" experience by having been a fuel attendent at a truck stop. Nothing is worse than an angry, smelly, trucker who's threatening to drive his semi through your window because you had to tell him is company's credit card was denied.

Not to take away from other more standard activities, ie tutoring disadvantaged folks on wednesday afternoons at your local library, but working in these types of environs is much more real, and i think better demonstrates your ability to work with others. unfortunately i wont risk writing about selling wigs to black women in my secondaries.