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Dress for Success: Clothes that Work at Work Rhiannon Clifton Program Director Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising

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Dress for Success:

Clothes that Work at Work

Rhiannon Clifton

Program Director

Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising

What we’ll cover

How to dress for an interview

The differences between business formal,

professional and casual

Staple items you should buy/have

Makeup and accessories

Shopping advice

Language

The Power of Appearance

In business, you are dressing to have an

impact on your bosses and teammates. If

your clothes don’t convey the message that

you are competent, able, ambitious, self-

confident, reliable, and authoritative, nothing

you say or do will overcome the negative

signals emanating from your apparel.

--Betty Harragan, Games Your Mother Never

Taught You

Dressing appropriately and

other appearance issues always a salesperson

your “visual résumé”

your “verbal résumé”

Dressing for an Interview

Part of the judging will be

on your appearance

Err on the side of formal

◦ Even for casual workplaces,

startups

Think about what you

know about the corporate

culture

Business wardrobe

Always a dress code

Career situation, workplace, region, and image

Wardrobe that works every day/every situation

Good grooming

What’s the difference between formal, business casual, and casual?

Dressing appropriately and other

appearance issues: Casual Fridays Casual Fridays

◦ Does not mean

beach attire

◦ Look professional

◦ Look at your

meeting schedule

◦ The never-ever at

work list

Key Pieces

Can’t afford a whole new wardrobe?

Invest in key pieces (and I do mean invest).

At least one suit

Several dress pants

Pencil skirt

Sheath

Blazer

Let’s talk Makeup

Less is more!

Go for natural

Too much or too obvious

screams unprofessional

Accessorizing

Shoes – Jewelry - Handbags

Shopping advice (my favorite topic)

A moment on language

There is no place for the “F word” in

business

Don’t talk like a college

student (yes, I know you’re college

students)

◦ Avoid um, like, dude

◦ Use correct words.

◦ Avoid:

I’m like, he goes, all about, I’m so…, I’m so not…

Questions?

Sources/further reading

Lynne Brennan, Business Etiquette for the 21st Century, Piatkus, London, 2003

Dana May Casperson, Power Etiquette: What You Don’t Know Can Kill Your Career, AMACOM, New York, 1999