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Dress for Success:Does It Matter
Today?
Maria A StuchlyProfessor Emeritus
University of Victoria, Canada
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Dress for Success: Introduction
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Dress for Success: Does it Matter Today?
• What is success? – Sports and adventure
- electromagnetics engineering
– Professional success - successful life
• Has engineering changed - what about dress for success?– Changes in the society– Changes in our
profession
• Is there any dress code at all - critical situations?– Interview– Business meetings– Presentations
• Practical advice & personal perspective
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What is Success?• How do we really define it?• Does it depend on personal priorities?• Does it change over our lifespan?• Is it gender dependent?• Does it depend on the professional
environment (industry, government, academia)?
• Is balance in life important?
We all want to be successful, and we define what it really is!
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Professional Success Today
• Changes in the society– Globalization– Gender roles– Developed & developing countries
• Changes in the profession– Multiculturalism– Increased participation of women– Informality & tolerance
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Dress for Success: Are there any Rules?
• Dress - Style - Fashion
• Occasion & Role we Play
• Age & Personal Preference
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Dress for Success: WEB, Newspapers etc.
• Current environment (economic crisis) - be conservative
• Suit: skirt or pants? Or maybe dress?
• First impression critical– What you wear
depends on employer
– Style & creativity– Shoes matter
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The Six Occasions for Wearing a Jacket
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1. Meeting a client for the
first time
2. Formal presentations
3. Formal meetings
4. Interviews
5. Unannounced official
visits happen
6. Appearing in court
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Formal Professional Attire: Fashionable Examples
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Informal Work Environment
•Does anything go?
•Why it still may be important to dress carefully?
•Style & fashion
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What About a Dress or a Sweater?
When can we wear them?
• Social functions• Less formal workplace,
everyday• Conferences when not
presenting• Lecturing? Yes, but
preferably with a jacket• Some formal occasions
(dependent on the design or with a jacket)
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More Informal Professional Attire
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Transition from Student to Professional
There is a step function change from a student (including a grad student) to an engineer
• No flip-flops• No shorts• No cut-out jeans• No bare midriff, etc.
Really critical when you start• Your students may be older than you• You want to be taken seriously as a
professional
in the office
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My Professional Closet: what used to be in it
Winter • Black or dark grey skirt suit• Black dress pants• Two jackets• Two skirts Mix & Match• Two pants• Assortment of tops (long & short
sleeved)• Sweaters• “Little” black dress• Two pairs of medium & high heel shoes
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My Professional Closet: what used to be in it
Summer• Off white or light beige skirt suit• Two casual dresses • Two jackets• Two skirts Mix & Match• Two pants• Assortment of tops• Dressy dress or skirt or pants with a top
and a matching jacket• Dressy sandals (high heels) and lower
heel summer shoes
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Personal Perspective• One can be successful without paying any
attention to the dress (as long as it is not offensive)
• First impressions are very often important • Dressing for occasion & your role is important• Dress can give an additional level of
confidence• Style and fashion are not the same. Stylists
may not really be helpful. One should follow fashion, but never blindly.
• Dress and style can be fun• Your personal style may help people to
remember you