Dressing For Success - What is wrong with people?

[Sub-Zero]

my mom says she is pretty much given up on making me dress nice and wishes i would. i wore gym shorts every day of summer till last week when i took progress pics and shaved my entire body with the buzz trimmer and got a haircut a short one my hair was kinda long for me i have pics,

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[puddlemonkey]

when i do interviews, i'm shirt, dress pants, tie, and i carry a jacket. plus i'm in great shape. i do fine. i could also dress in business casual, and since i'm in great shape - that alone sends a good positive image.

What kind of shape you in bro?

 

[puddlemonkey]

but for monkey work positions - i guess you could use that as a differentiator.

for my entertainment company - i don't want a office monkey.

Why you gotta take shots at me?

 

[Wulfgar]

completely depends on the Job IMHO
but in the buisness world...I would agree a suit is mandatory

 

[jackangel]

please ask this middle-aged candidate why he didn't wear a suit. report back to us.

 

[Sub-Zero]

please ask this middle-aged candidate why he didn't wear a suit. report back to us.

hopefully he was getting a feel for a getaway for when he assassinates him

 

[CrazyRussian]

would you not hire an engineer who's got 20 accreditations, written articles in books, runs a website, has an impressive resume, can blow all your other engineers out of the water, physically fit, has a good personality...

cuz he's wearing business casual?

i'd hate to work for your company.

r

You must have misread my post. I specifically said that it is important to be well dressed in the "business industry". Basically anywhere that you're trying to make a good impression and/or represent your company. Engineers don't need to do either of these things...thus your example is not really valid.

BTW, how often does a candidate come along that is so amazing and so much more qualified than all of the other candidates that the interviewers will just hire him on the spot? Especially for prestigious companies hiring the brightest of the brightest? I admit it happens rarely, but what really happens most of the time is that a company is interviewing a shitload of highly qualified candidates for a job. If I was an interviewer, how the person presented himself would weigh in heavily on my decision. The reasons for this, I think, are self explanatory.

 

[Razorguns]

You must have misread my post. I specifically said that it is important to be well dressed in the "business industry". Basically anywhere that you're trying to make a good impression and/or represent your company. Engineers don't need to do either of these things...thus your example is not really valid.

BTW, how often does a candidate come along that is so amazing and so much more qualified than all of the other candidates that the interviewers will just hire him on the spot? Especially for prestigious companies hiring the brightest of the brightest? I admit it happens rarely, but what really happens most of the time is that a company is interviewing a shitload of highly qualified candidates for a job. If I was an interviewer, how the person presented himself would weigh in heavily on my decision. The reasons for this, I think, are self explanatory.

well maybe i'm biased cuz i hire people cuz of skills, and not 'sales people', or 'executives' where image is important.

but -- i am soooo tired of all these well-dressed flashy posers that walk in my office. trying to impress with their $500 suits, expensive cologne, nice haircut, perfectly scripted speeches, fake smiles, fake personality, read every tip from inc magazine they could find. thinking it'll "influence" my decision.

and of course, interview starts - i find out they're total morons with robot personalities, and just want a job to pay for their overpriced mortgage. paycheck houdns. they don't even like i.t.

then i hire some chinese guy, 29, dresses 'okay', nervous, isn't all suave and fancy with his 4-hour speeches about how great he is, but can massacre everyone on the planet with his technical knowledge, and ability to work in a team.

and he's the guy i hire.

i'm starting an entertainment company, and i'm gonna hire camera guys, editors, road crew, etc. - and i'm gonna look for the same qualities. I guess when it's YOUR money on the table - you tend to not care about suits, and more about their ability to do the job.

as for shape: in the fatty office world - anyone who doesn't have a gut, is seen like a olympic athlete. lol! my office is prolly 95% overweight. i shit you not.

r

 

[yonkers weights]

Can't ask that, against the law!

please ask this middle-aged candidate why he didn't wear a suit. report back to us.

 

[yonkers weights]

Business Banking - I work with large companies on their deposits, loans, lines of credit, mortgages, escrows, etc...
East Coast Business Banking Director for Citi
Title just changed since we became One Citi (Smith Barney integration)

what do you do?
what is your title?
what is the company you work for?