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Dressing Job Interview for Success
You need all the self-confidence you can galvanize as you approach a job interview situation. One weapon in your arsenal is your dressing. In job-hunting, first impressions are critical. Like in every other scenario, you only have one opportunity to make a first impression. You are marketing a product, yourself, to a potential employer, and the first thing the members of the interview panel see when asking you in is your attire; thus, you must make every effort to have the proper dress for the type of job you are seeking.
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Dressing properly alone will not get you the job, but it sure appears in the score sheet, and you need all the points you can garner to come out tops.
Dressing well makes you comfortable before the panel, without having to squirm within ill fitting clothes, or having to adjust your skirt, tie etc, distracting the panel and losing your flow.
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So apart from first impression and getting maximum scores for dressing, you need full concentration to sell yourself well. If you are not well dressed, deep inside you know, and that impacts negatively on your self-esteem. Going into a job interview situation with low self-esteem is negotiating from a position of weakness..
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 under dress (the more likely scenario), the potential employer may feel that you don't care enough about the job.
To find out the dress code of an organization, visit the organization Monday to Thursday and observe how employees dress. Friday is not a good day, as most companies dress own on Fridays (casual/traditional day). Alternatively, you can ask those already working there, if you know anyone. Better still; call Human Resources (the number in the invitation for interview letter). You may feel that you will not get a positive response, but you have no way of knowing that. Nothing ventures, nothing wins.
For men, you can hardly go wrong with a black/dark gray/blue trouser and a white/sky blue or any other mellow coloured shirt. This is not the time for coat or many colours, or anything funky.
For women, you can hardly go wrong with a pant/skirt suit, same colour as above, though females can get away with more colours and attires than men. ... continued in Page 2
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