What is Dress for Success and why do we have to do it?
Should you be judged by what you wear? Perhaps not, but the reality is, of course, that you are judged. Throughout the entire job-seeking process employers use short-cuts — heuristics or rules of thumb — to save time. With cover letters, it’s the opening paragraph and a quick scan of your qualifications. With resumes, it is a quick scan of your accomplishments. With the job interview, it’s how you’re dressed that sets the tone of the interview.
How should you dress? Dressing conservatively is always the safest route, but you should also try and do a little investigating of your prospective employer so that what you wear to the interview makes you look as though you fit in with the organization. If you overdress (which is rare but can happen) or underdress (the more likely scenario), the potential employer may feel that you don’t care enough about the job.
How do you find out what is the proper dress for a given job/company/industry? You can call the Human Resources office where you are interviewing and simply ask. Or, you could visit the company’s office to retrieve an application or other company information and observe the attire current employees are wearing — though make sure you are not there on a “casual day” and misinterpret the dress code.
Finally, do you need to run out and spend a lot of money on clothes for interviewing? No, but you should make sure you have at least two professional sets of attire. You’ll need more than that, but depending on your current financial condition, two is enough to get started and you can buy more once you have the job or have more financial resources. Adapted from: https://www.livecareer.com/quintessential/dress-for-success Dress for Success Dates (2017-2018)---Each required date will count as a quiz grade. If a student does not dress for success on the indicated dates they will be required to complete an alternative assignment that will be due the following class.
Fall Dates: September 27th(B)/28th(A) Business Casual
October 11th (B)/12th (A) Business Professional
October 25th (B)/26th (A) Business Casual
November 8th (A)/9th (B) Business Professional
November 29th (B)/30th (A)
Business Casual
December 13th(B)/14th(A) Optional/Make-up January 10th (B)/11th (A) Optional/Make-up
Dress for Success Dates (Spring) February 21st (A) /22nd (B) Business Casual