Hire employee by their image

             What's an image? An image is an opinion that people have about someone or something because of the way he or she looks. According to the article "Going for the Look" by Steven Greenhouse, companies hires employees only by their image. They believe that the more young and beautiful employees they have working for them the more customers will stop by and purchase their products. This is a good idea because companies that hires their employees by their image will increase their business. But sometimes some companies goes too far to protect their image. They are breaking the law because they are discriminating by age and race.
             In the Article "Going for the Look" by Steven Greenhouse, Abercrombie hired employees who only fit their image, employees who are tall, hip, and have a pretty face. For example, in the article Greenhouse writes "A funny thing happens when Elizabeth Nill, a sophomore at Northwestern University goes shopping at Abercrombie & Fitch. At no fewer than three Abercrombie stores, she says, manager have approached her and offered her a job as a clerk." The reason they asked to hire Ms. Nill is because she is a beautiful young lady. She is tall, pretty and has blond hair. Therefore, they think that Ms. Nill is the right person to represent their image.
             The Abercrombie store believed that if they hire employees who are attractive, young, and good looking it will increase their businesses. This means if they have a pretty teen working in their place, customers will stop by and purchase more of their products. It might be right because most of the people wearing Abercrombie's line of clothing are college students or teenagers. If they have some pretty girl or guy working in the store wearing a nice outfit from the store, most of the customers will stop by and look for it too. First they could look at the image of the sales people or they might want to look like whoever is working in th...

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