Dress for Success

The way someone or something looks

• Classic

• Appearance

• Business Casual

• Fad

In general, this means dressing professionally, looking relaxed, yet neat and pulled together. The interpretation of this differs widely among organizations and is often a cause of confusion

• Classic

• Appearance

• Business Casual

• Fad

An event that has become a tradition

• Classic

• Formal wear

• Interview

• Fad

A practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal

• Classic

• Formal wear

• Interview

• Fad

A formal consultation usually to evaluate qualifications (as of a prospective student or employee)

• Professional

• Formal wear

• Interview

• Smart Casual

Exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace

• Professional

• Formal wear

• Interview

• Smart Casual

Is a loosely defined dress code; casual, yet “smart” (i.e. “neat”) enough to conform to the particular standards of certain Western social groups

• Professional

• Formal wear

• Interview

• Smart Casual

General terms for clothing suitable for formal social events, such as a wedding, formal garden party or dinner, debutante cotillion or dance

• Professional

• Formal wear

• Interview

• Smart Casual

Assume you can “dress down” if a company has a very casual atmosphere

• True

• False

Choose simple jewelry and be subtle with makeup, perfume or cologne

• True

• False