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Summary: Traditionally, the dress for a job interview is business casual. Learn about what to wear on job interviews in this free career advice video from a communications expert.
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Tracy Goodwin Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is ... read more
Okay so you're still in a panic about what to wear. Well don't worry. I'm going to give you some great tips for where to find out what you should wear to the job interview. One of the great places to look for information is the company website. That will give you a lot of information about the company. And you can probably pick up the culture of the company. How casual it is. They might also have pictures on their website of people in the work environment. And you can take a look at how they're dressed. Another sneaky but great way to find out how people are dressing at work is a day or two before you have the job interview swing by the company and pick up an annual report. You need that anyway for your research. So at that time you can take a look around and get a temperature for how people are dressing. Traditionally for interviews you're going to go with business casual. And this is pretty well across the board with the exception of banks and law firms. That is true business dress. Which for ladies is, ladies and men both, basically a suit. Skirt for ladies. High heels, hosiery. But otherwise you can probably go with business casual. And what business casual is for men is slacks and they maybe don't even have to be suit pants. They can be more like khaki slacks as well as maybe a polo shirt and a sport jacket or a shirt and a tie without a jacket. For ladies you might go with something more like a sweater set. And you can go, business casual for ladies is slacks but you might want to wear a jacket as well. But you don't have to go the full skirt route. And this is good information to know because you're going to have a hard time deciding what to wear. But this should help you out.