Dress For Success

1. Dress For Success

2. Presented by Your career demands more attention now, than ever before. www.Mercer-Professional.org

3. Can Your Attire Hurt Your Career? Yes.

4. Objectives: To Help You Be aPolished Professional To Empower You

5. Your Clothes Speak! • 1st Impressions • Supports your image as a person • Polished and professional clothes, regardless

6. Types of Attire • Business Professional (Interview Attire) • Business Casual • Casual • Street Clothes

7. Business Professional(Interview) The utmost in professional dress.

8. Interview Suit Men • A two piece matched suit • Solid or pin-striped • Tailored fit, including pants length. • Navy, dark grey, dark brown, olive or black • Briefcase or portfolio instead of backpack

10. Attention to Detail. It Matters.

11. Interview Shoes for Men Not:

12. Men: Not Appropriate

13. Interview Suit Women • Women • Matching two-piece suit (pant or skirt suit) • Tailored fit • Color: navy, grey, taupe, dark brown, tan, olive or black • Skirt should be knee-length with no inappropriate slits

14. Interview Suit

15. Interview Shoes for Women No Worn-out Shoes

16. Shoes for Women: Inappropriate No Worn-out Shoes

18. Even if the work environment is outdoors or very “non-suit,” wearing a suit to the interview shows you take the interview seriously as a professional meeting. What if the job is in a “non-suit-wearing” work environment?

19. Women: Not Appropriate Cleavage is Not Appropriate in the Workplace.

20. Women: Not Appropriate

21. Before You Walk Into the Interview • Spend a minute looking yourself over. • Make certain your clothes fit properly, your tie is straight, and your hair is not in need of combing. • Spit out any gum you are chewing, and pop in a breath mint.

22. Invest in a Pad-Folio $10 - $50 • Career Fairs • Interviews • Meetings • Conferences

23. Business Casual Slightly less formal version of professional dress.

24. Business Casual Yes No

25. Business Casual Yes No

26. Business Casual

27. Business Casual

28. Business Casual • Check your calendar -Make sure you don’t have any meetings that day. • No denim

29. Under Garments For Women • Check for runs in your hosiery • No dark garments under light clothing • Bras should fit properly • Seamless, unadorned smooth bras • Wear camisoles and slips • Neutral color • Conceal Bra straps • Avoid Panty lines • Consider shapers

30. The key to dressing for the office is to blend in with what everyone else is wearing.

31. Business Casual

32. Casual Shoes for Men No Worn-out Shoes

33. Casual Office Attire Always professional looking. Even on Fridays.

34. Casual Attire NOT:

35. Casual Attire NOT:

36. Casual Attire Denim

37. Men’s Details • Men should always wear an appropriate belt • Gig line

38. Women’s Details • Jewelry • Accessories • Purses

39. Grooming The essential steps you take to display a professional, polished look.

40. Details of Grooming

41. Grooming What about piercings?

42. Grooming Not: Yes:

43. Crisp= Neat Clean Well-Pressed Sloppy = Lack of Neatness

44. Does My Hairstyle Matter?

45. Professional? You Decide.

46. Professional? You Decide.

47. Professional? You Decide.

48. Professional? You Decide.

49. Professional? You Decide.