7 Mistakes To Avoid While Dressing
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Here are seven common mistakes to avoid especially at an interview:
1. Underestimating the importance of their image to your success in getting a job.
2.Not having enough ‘Presence’ -that ability to project a sense of ease, poise, command or self-assurance. It is an energy and an attitude. It can be magnetic. It draws people to you. When it is purposeful, it can be one of your most effective tools in professional interactions.
3. Not knowing that your professional presence needs to be commanding, polished, pulled together and credible because people make at least 12 assumptions about you based entirely on their initial perceptions based on your image.
4. Not understanding the basic wardrobe ‘do’s for business attire: For women, wearing separates in lieu of a suit in fabrics of poor quality. Or wearing inappropriate accessories such as dangly earrings or skirts that are too short. Or understanding that the little details like scuffed shoes, poor grooming, bad manners and poor communication can all be deal breakers.
5. Dressing for your current position. Always dress for a higher position than you currently occupy. Dressing for the position you are aspiring to will also boost your confidence in your ability to achieve it.
6. Not looking at your TOTAL image package: Image is so much more than the clothes you wear. It is your total package including your clothing, but equally as important, how you accessorize, the way you communicate, how groomed you are, your poise and posture, non verbal cues, your ability to maintain eye contact, and so much more. Do you know how are you stacking up?
7. Not understanding the impact of first impressions and how indelible they are especially in a job interview context. The power of image in influencing first impressions and hiring, firing and promotions is unquestionable.
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