You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic. Some organisations believe that their employees should dress smartly. Others value quality of work above appearance. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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There is an ongoing
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between
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the quality
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of
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and professional
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. Some
organisation
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organisations
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think that
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dress
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appropriately is a necessity to maintain
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working
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. While
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the
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others think that it does not matter as long as the employee produces
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work
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. Let's start with
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smartly. In my opinion, there are some specific
jobs
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where your
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is critical.
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,
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matters in
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a client-facing
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job
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jobs
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such
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as lawyers and consultants.
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and
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consultants
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typically represent high-network individuals and multinational corporations, in which the environment requires them to
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appropriately. It is
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common for lawyers and consultants to attend meetings, conferences or formal dinners where
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dress
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code is usually compulsory.
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some extreme cases, your
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sometimes
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considered as part of your value, e.g. wearing
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an expensive
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watch is considered as being successful. For
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other types
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of
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that are not client-facing and quite flexible, I do not think that
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these jobs
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put high emphasis on
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.
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, some
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such
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as content creator and web developer. These
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of
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usually allow employees to
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remotely, which
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serves as part of job benefits and perks. In that case, those who are
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working
workiing
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working
in these fields do not face the hassle of thinking
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to wear on the weekdays. There are quite a number of stories from web developers who like wearing
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while working! To conclude
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, I think context matters when analysing these two opinions. Personally, I think the type of
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, either client facing or not, is essential to consider whether
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smartly or
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quality is more important.
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