The Value of Styling

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Welcome to Pivot Point.

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Success is a journey.

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Pivot Point is a podcast of Taylor for Success,

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a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower job seekers

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to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

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The goal of this podcast is to provide listeners

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with stories of individuals who have

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made life-changing pivots leading

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to personal and professional success,

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and to provide practical career and personal development

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strategies to inspire action to allow you to begin

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your own success journey.

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Success is a journey.

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Hi, everyone.

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This is Liz Hart, back again at Pivot Point.

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Success is a journey.

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And I thought I'd come on here really quick

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and talk a little bit about a question I got recently

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about the value of styling.

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And as some of you know, if you're longtime listeners,

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hey, thank you.

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And if you're a new listener, I want

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to welcome you to Pivot Point.

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Success is a journey, which is a part of Taylor for Success,

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the nonprofit that I started 23 years ago.

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And we work with job seekers who are looking

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for business clothing and career development resources.

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And one of the things that we do is we distribute free business

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clothing to women and men who are going on interviews,

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starting internships, or new jobs.

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And I got a question recently.

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I was being interviewed for a book

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that a colleague is writing, which is an honor and very

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humbling.

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And one of the questions was the value of styling.

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And I thought about it a little bit.

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And I thought, it's one thing to provide individuals

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with clothing.

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And it's very important that people are clothing insecure,

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that they get the clothing that they need.

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However, there is something to be said for working one

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on one with a trained stylist or a volunteer who is there

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to help you project the best image possible on an interview

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or starting a new job.

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And there's something about helping

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to build someone's confidence that way, then.

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It's just immeasurable and invaluable.

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And I have a volunteer who works in one of my career

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closets on Wednesday.

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Her name is Amanda.

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And she is a professional image consultant.

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And when she works with a client, the client

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gets so much more than they would than just with myself

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or another volunteer.

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They get the knowledge of someone

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who has been in the industry of addressing people

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and making them look their best and looking at their body

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types and making sure that they're

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addressing for the body types.

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They get the value of all of that.

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And I'm making this recording because I just want

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to encourage people if they are in job search

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and maybe they've been out of the job search, the job market

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for a while, and they're thinking about coming

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into one of the career closets at Taylor for Success.

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I encourage you to do it.

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We all need boosts of self-esteem every once in a while

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and certainly coming into one of our career closets,

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whether it's working with Amanda in Wuburn

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or someone else in Cambridge, you get to boost your self-esteem.

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And I think we all need that.

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And certainly job seekers need it because job searching is tough.

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But if you can take a little time out

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of your busy day of trying to find employment

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and going on interviews and networking

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and visit a career closet and get a boost of self-esteem,

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I highly recommend you do that.

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And I hope you come to see us soon.

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I will put in the show notes, our locations, and days

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that you can come and visit us.

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And we're a nonprofit.

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Taylor for Success is a nonprofit, so everything is free.

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So what do you have to lose?

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Thanks for listening and welcome again

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to Pivot Point Success is a Journey.

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Thank you again for listening to Pivot Point Success is a Journey,

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a podcast of Taylor for Success.

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If you want to learn more about Taylor for Success,

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please visit our website at www.taylorefussuccess.org.

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Thank you again for listening to Pivot Point Success is a Journey.