As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company. During one _ 1_ , she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye _2___. She was puzzled and somewhat disappoint because she liked the individual __3___.He had a _ 4_ resume and gave good __5___ to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “_6__”, so she decided to offer the job to her __7___ choice.
“It wasn’t until I attended a diversity __8___ that I realized the person we __9___ over was the perfect person.” Tiffany __10___. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural __11___. He was an Asian-American __12____ in a household where respect for those in __13___ was shown by averting your __14___.
“I was just thrown off by the lack of eye contact; not realizing it was __15___.” Tiffany says.” I missed __16___, but will not miss that opportunity again”
Many of us have had similar __17__ with behaviors we perceive as different. __18___the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more ___19__. It is becoming essential to expand our understanding of others and to __20__ some of our false assumptions.
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