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Why company culture is important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I\u2019d just graduated<\/strong> from college and was managing my family\u2019s restaurant. While looking for entry-level management programs, I stumbled across<\/strong> Uniqlo \u2014 the Japanese fashion retailer that was then just coming to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n

________, I was familiar with the service industry. I knew how to deal with customers and was willing to do the grunt work \u2014 scrub floors and ________ \u2014 which is what retail management is. So, what employer wouldn\u2019t want me? I was convinced my future was Uniqlo and only Uniqlo. A trip to Japan; a secure future as a leader in their organization; I could learn everything before setting up my own business. It was perfect.<\/p>\n\n

I sailed through<\/strong> the initial interviews. As a chatty person, I stood out<\/strong>. They invited me back, and Uniqlo flew the COO out with a translator. In the interview, ________ \u2014 loud and talkative. My personality is very ________. I was cracking jokes<\/strong>, and the translator couldn\u2019t stop laughing. I thought: \u201cI\u2019m killing it.\u201d I was so sure, I\u2019d already started learning Japanese.<\/p>\n\n

But the COO wasn\u2019t happy with me at all. In retail, they\u2019re looking for order- takers. It\u2019s very much a top-down organization, and women aren\u2019t supposed to be aggressive or opinionated. ________ that culture fit is important. You need to find the right career but also the right organization.<\/p>\n\n

I realized that I don\u2019t belong in an order-taking role. If you don\u2019t want to take orders, you need to be in a customer-facing role. Then your job is to win against external competition. That\u2019s a good fit for someone who has a big personality, who doesn\u2019t just want to do a job but wants to win and drive results. That personality type tends to do well in sales.<\/p>\n\n

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