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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between

quality

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the quality

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of

work

and professional

appearance

. Some

organisation

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organisations

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think that

dress

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dressing

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appropriately is a necessity to maintain

smart

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a smart

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working

appearance

. While

,

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others think that it does not matter as long as the employee produces

high quality

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work

. Let's start with

dress

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smartly. In my opinion, there are some specific

jobs

where your

appearance

is critical.

For example

,

appearance

matters in

client-facing

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a client-facing

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job

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jobs

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such

as lawyers and consultants.

Lawyer

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Lawyers

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and

consultant

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consultants

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typically represent high-network individuals and multinational corporations, in which the environment requires them to

dress

appropriately. It is

also

common for lawyers and consultants to attend meetings, conferences or formal dinners where

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dress

code is usually compulsory.

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some extreme cases, your

appearance

sometimes

are

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considered as part of your value, e.g. wearing

expensive

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an expensive

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watch is considered as being successful. For

another type

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other types

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of

jobs

that are not client-facing and quite flexible, I do not think that

these job

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this job

these jobs

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put high emphasis on

appearance

.

For example

, some

jobs

such

as content creator and web developer. These

type

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types

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of

jobs

usually allow employees to

work

remotely, which

also

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

what

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about what

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to wear on the weekdays. There are quite a number of stories from web developers who like wearing

pajamas

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while working! To conclude

with

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apply

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, I think context matters when analysing these two opinions. Personally, I think the type of

work

, either client facing or not, is essential to consider whether

dress

smartly or

work

quality is more important.