How To Dress For a Job Interview

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Walking into a job interview wearing the wrong attire is like showing up at a black-tie event dressed for a costume party. A bad move you'll instantly regret.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Tidy, neatly styled hair
A clean face, hands, and fingernails
A clean, professional outfit
A briefcase or portfolio
And a pair of comfortable closed-toe shoes
Small, tasteful jewelry
A light and subtle perfume or aftershave
A manicure
Natural-looking makeup
And a new haircut

Step 1: Find out dress code

Before the big event, find out how the employees dress where you'll be interviewing. Ask whoever's arranging the interview for you what the dress code is, and if they have any pointers on what to wear.

Step 2: Choose clothes

Find something in your wardrobe that's in line with what other employees wear, but kick it up a notch—a sharp tie, a colorful scarf or pocket square. Something to separate you from the pack.

Step 3: Don't go overboard

But don't go overboard. You want to make a good impression, not a fashion statement.

Step 4: Keep it tasteful

Go easy on the aftershave or perfume too, or the makeup and jewelry—keep things tasteful.

Step 5: Be neat

Be neat. Make sure your clothes are clean and pressed, your nails are trimmed, and your hair and teeth are brushed.

Step 6: Dress comfortably

Make sure you'll be comfortable sitting, standing, and walking. Now is not the time to break in a new pair of shoes.

Step 7: Give yourself time

Get prepared early, show up on time and, most importantly, make sure you end up in the right place.

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[prodigee411]

IN ORDER TO BE EMPLOYED YOU WILL NEED:

-TO WEAR WHAT YOU'RE EMPLOYER DEMANDS

-ACCEPT WHAT YOUR EMPLOYER IS WILLING TO PAY YOU

-BE AN EXPERT AT TAKING IT FROM BEHIND OR PROVIDING ORAL "STIMULATION."

[TheBboycable]

Forgot to mention that perception is also based on ethnicity.

[AEF091]

In reality a person can wear whatever tie he wants so long as A) its matches and makes him look smart and B)its not a novelty tie (cartoons, silly comments, offensive slurs etc). I often wear paisley ties with patterns and flowers and I have never yet had a problem with my interviews. They make me look smart and creative. In the UK job centre and careers advisors tell you that we should go for plain ties, but that just means that this prevents you from standing out among a group of lemmings.

[ThatPhunnyStuff]

Step 1: Instead of ass say buns, like "kiss my buns" or "you're a buns hole"

Step 2: Instead of shit say poo, as in "bull poo", "poo head" and this "poo is cold"

Step 3: With bitch drop the t because bich is latin for generosity

Step 4: Dont say fuck any more because fuck is the worst word that you can say

Your Hired!

[AndyHarglesis]

@mgarretti Just do whatever the employer wants, put on a smiley face and lie about where you're going to be in five years. Oh, and fake confidence too.

Considering the job industry is driven by fake people and fake, shallow codes, why not just lie to live?

In such a dramatic case, why don't we just lie all the time and become psychotic pathological liars?

Face it - if the way I'm NOT dressing is NOT appealing to YOU, and you judge me based solely on that, FUCK YOU! You are shit to me.

[AndyHarglesis]

CONCLUSION:

The employer believed I was not good enough for the job because I couldn't relate to their fundamental outline for personality traits/types and/or behavior within their work field. I thought a job was necessary to live? A job is something you're supposed to do, get done, and get paid for to live off of.

A job is NOT supposed to be a massive industry with dress codes, personality-driven types, faking behaviors and changing who I am to make money!

That's borderline slavery.

[AndyHarglesis]

*walks in to interview room* Me: Hi! Employer: Hi! *"required" handshake* Employer thinking: *Wow, shorts to an interview?* Employer: So what do you want from this job? Me: I want to work. Employer: And where do you see yourself five years from now? Me: I don't know. I could be dead five minutes from now for all I know. Employer thinking: *No ideas for a future.* Employer: So what can you do? Me: Whatever the job requires. ... *silence* Employer: Okay. Nice seeing you. Me: Okay.

[AndyHarglesis]

@richrainbow Let's NOT even get into other bullshit that employers spew around as they sit on their thrones.

Basically, you first want me to dress as you want, but not tell me what that is, AND THEN expect me to know what's appropriate to YOU, which can vary depending on so many different factors.

Also, don't forget my fake confidence act, that burning desire to work with you and get along with every employee, which we all know we hate oh so much!

The job industry = a big joke. No kidding.

[AndyHarglesis]

@prodigee411 Couldn't have said it better.

The employer NEVER tells you what you need to wear to an interview, does she/he?

The employers usually DON'T hire based on working ability. They hire based on certain PERSONALITY TRAITS and how these traits come off to them from you.

They also claim to KNOW who the right working candidate is by, guess what - HOW YOU DRESS!

So let me put a suit on and have a seat with Ms. Interviewer and fake confidence! Great acting! You got the job! ... fired.

[AndyHarglesis]

@CheddarBob39 Those "policies" change instantly, and are never 100% specific from any view. Employers expect people to "dress the right way" or "dress for success." What do THEY consider "success" to be? Kissing their ass? Expecting you to magically get lucky and dress in a way that appeals to them?

And who are employers to judge about anothers' character? They judge based on LOOKS MAINLY! Shallow and self-motivated by believing they KNOW which candidate is right for their job based on LOOKS.

[CheddarBob39]

@prodigee411

A retards way of describing how you are supposed to conform to what the companies policies are. Congratulations. ( :

[MrAvengersAssemble]

Did they say natural looking makeup? WTF?