Comments on: Workplace en Vogue http://karlaporter.com/workforce/workplace-en-vogue Human Capital & New Media Wed, 23 May 2012 16:09:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Lipschultz http://karlaporter.com/workforce/workplace-en-vogue#comment-3 Jeff Lipschultz Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:03:36 +0000 http://karlaporter.com/cms/?p=7#comment-3 The old adage "dress for success" is just that: OLD. Many companies have come to realize, clothing doesn't dictate talent. One of my favorite Internet marketing clients allows baseball caps, torn jeans, the works. Dress code is part of the working environment and shouldn't be overdone just for the sake of professionalism. I should mention, however, that I still send every candidate over there in a jacket for their interview. Why? Because, they are NOT working there YET. Every once in a while, you need to dress up for work (customer meeting, stakeholders meeting, presentation). Show you own a jacket during the interview--they can assume you own jeans. More on dressing up for the interview at: http://jefflipschultz.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/dressing-up-for-the-casual-interview/ Good article, Karla! Cheers, Jeff The old adage “dress for success” is just that: OLD. Many companies have come to realize, clothing doesn’t dictate talent. One of my favorite Internet marketing clients allows baseball caps, torn jeans, the works. Dress code is part of the working environment and shouldn’t be overdone just for the sake of professionalism.

I should mention, however, that I still send every candidate over there in a jacket for their interview. Why? Because, they are NOT working there YET. Every once in a while, you need to dress up for work (customer meeting, stakeholders meeting, presentation). Show you own a jacket during the interview–they can assume you own jeans.

More on dressing up for the interview at:
http://jefflipschultz.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/dressing-up-for-the-casual-interview/

Good article, Karla!
Cheers,
Jeff

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