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Scott High School Senior Projects. DRESS FOR SUCCESS. How should I dress? What’s appropriate?. Dress for Success. What’s Wrong?. What’s Wrong?. So What’s Appropriate?. DRESS CODES. Some companies have published policies, while others have unpublished dress policies. Find out.
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Scott High School Senior Projects DRESS FOR SUCCESS
How should I dress? What’s appropriate? Dress for Success
DRESS CODES Some companies have published policies, while others have unpublished dress policies. Find out. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF EMPLOYEES (Dress Code Policy) Policy: It is the policy of the Company that each employee’s dress, grooming, and personal hygiene should be appropriate to the work situation. Comment: (1) Employees are expected at all times to present a professional, businesslike image to customers, prospects, and the public. Acceptable personal appearance, like proper maintenance of work areas, is an ongoing requirement of employment with the Company. (See MAINTENANCE OF WORK AREAS, Chapter 602.) Radical departures from conventional dress or personal grooming and hygiene standards are not permitted.
Why? Dress Codes
Companies require employees to dress in certain attire to: Project a professional image to customers, community, workplace, and potential employees Define what is appropriate for the job, setting, and safety Dress Codes
Dress Codes are protected by law "A person can be fired because the company doesn’t like your shoes,” explains Robert D. Lipman, who manages the New York employment firm Lipman & Plesur, LLP . . . “People say ‘This is America. We should be able to do what we want.’ But I tell them that once you walk into a private employers workplace, your rights are limited.” Dress Codes
What’s the difference? Formal Business Attire Business Casual Manufacturing Campus Casual Dress for Success
Men: Women: Business suit Dresses or Suits Dress shirt Blouse Tie Heels Leather dress shoes Hosiery Formal Business Attire
Khakis or dress pants Dress shirt without a tie, polo, turtleneck Sweaters or jackets Casual shoes but not athletic Casual Business Attire
(Includes industrial, manufacturing, construction, warehousing, or skilled trades) Requirements: Safety Comfort Professional Clean Uniformed Attire
Creative and tech companies Casual Non-Business Attire
What’s the policy—if you don’t know, ask. Always dress for the task at hand. Dress so people will take you seriously. Cleanliness is not an option. Rules of Thumb