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oyster  ·  2922 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dress the Part

When I was in college the first time there was one girl in my course who always dressed up because she wanted to "dress for the job she wants". Except her version of dressing up was basically semi acceptable club attire and she had no idea.

It would be so easy if the option was suit, suit, or suit.





thenewgreen  ·  2922 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I remember my first "new hire training" I went to at a large company. Someone there suggested that you should "always dress for the job you want, not the job you have." To which the guy next to me said, "then everyone would wear shorts and flip-flops." Kind of true....

But yeah, fella's have it easier for sure.

oyster  ·  2922 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ya it's definitely an odd saying I'm not going to dress as a massage therapist while I'm landscaping. I feel like that saying really only works if the job you want requires a suit or dress.

It's nice to have options if you actually understand how to dress professionally as a woman but damn a lot of people would be saved by less options.

steve  ·  2922 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    basically semi acceptable club attire and she had no idea.

We had an HR intern a few years ago who came in on the first day wearing an absolutely skin tight, low cut, thin-fabric, short, white dress - basically a dress for clubbing. She was a very attractive woman.

My good friend was the VP of HR in the office at the time. That afternoon, after she had finished showing the intern around the office and making introductions, I stopped in to chat. I asked her how her day was. She walked across the office and shut the door and said something along the lined of "I'm not sure if this is going to work out. I'll need to have a conversation about attire with the intern or I'll have to write myself and everyone else up for harassment. Holy shit she's hot"