thecareerbeat.com Blog

How to dress for success

October 8, 2008 on 1:31 pm | In workplace issues | No Comments

Looking professional and dressing appropriately for work have become a little more difficult with the business-casual workplace.

I am very thankful for business-casual dress codes (or even no dress codes — which is more the case with my employer), but they can blur concepts of what’s appropriate.

There’s some trusty advice in “The Rules of Workplace Style,” a new Yahoo! HotJobs article that offers fashion pointers to men and women. If you want to be taken seriously, one expert advises staying away from three no-no’s: flip-flops, jeans, and visible tattoos.

The jeans prohibition rankles me a bit. But when in doubt, save the jeans for “casual Fridays.” Don’t let a fashion faux pas hurt your career advancement!

P.S. I should also point out that Banana Republic has an ad on that HotJobs article that offers a 20% discount. Nice incentive for updating the work wardrobe.