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Tune In! Job Club Radio: Dress To Reflect Your Brand
This week I am excited to join my good friend and career coach Jennifer Armitstead on Job Club Radio where we’ll be discussing how to dress to reflect your brand. Tune in!
- Tuesday, June 26, 2012
- 2:00 – 2:30pm EST
- Call-in Number: 917-932-1762
Jennifer is a career, branding, and social media expert and she hosts Job Talk Radio as a way to give back to the community. Recently she interviewed Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics, and in my opinion, the coolest guy in social media — I’m a big fan of his Social Media Revolution video and work and it made me geek out a bit to know I’ll be the featured guest just weeks later.
Hope you can join us for Job Club Radio this week!
Job Club Radio – Business Casual
This week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Robert Merrill and Jennifer Armitstead on Job Club Radio on Monday. We had an engaging discussion about Image in the Workplace, what to wear to an interview, and dressing appropriately. In case you missed it, you can tune in here!
Since business casual can be confusing concept, here is a cluster of business casual clothes for the office. As you can see, because of a complimentary color scheme, these pieces are interchangeable. In order to dress it up, just add a cardigan or blazer. Paired with jeans, the center and right top can transition into weekend wear nicely.
Would you wear these pieces?
For more tips on what to wear to the office, check out Image in the Workplace Do’s and Don’ts.
Copyright 2010 Cable Car Couture. All Rights Reserved.
Image in the Workplace Do’s and Don’ts
Next week I have the privilege of being featured on Job Club Radio on the topic of Image in the Workplace.
Tune in Monday, April 19th at 11am PST | 12pm MST | 1pm CST | 2pm EST www.blogtalkradio.com/jobclubradio as we discuss image in the workplace. The blog below is a sample of what we’ll be discussing next week!
By Sarah Ward
and Judith Rasband
We cannot NOT communicate.
“Long before we are close enough to speak, we announce ourselves. We project or reflect important information about ourselves. By the time we meet and vocally converse, we have already communicated volumes in an older and more universal language” (Allison Laurie, Language of Clothes).
Since the language of dress, grooming, and body language is far more persuasive than any spoken language, taking thought to our image and appearance in the workplace is critical to our success.
Here are three easy tips that can be incorporated today that will help you send positive messages in the workplace.
- Wear clothing with a good fit and adequate ease. Don’t forget to pinch an inch! Trying to fit into smaller clothes makes us appear larger than we are. Adequate ease in clothing prevents the appearance of a tummy or bra bumps.
- Wear a collared shirt. A collar lifts attention and frames your face, communicating authority. The straight-point collar works like the V-neckline, communicating stability, strength and action. Compare this to collarless tops which bring more attention on the body and cause the wearer to appear more casual and less capable.
- When meeting with an important client or giving a presentation, wear a jacket, sweater or vest. This third layer garment helps lead attention up to your face and increase body image boundaries for more visual authority. You will get attention faster, hold it longer and remain more memorable. You can always remove a jacket to dress down and appear more approachable, but if you don’t have a jacket you can’t dress up and appear more reliable and credible.
Distracted, aren't you?
There are some things that are more appropriate for the weekend rather than the office on Monday morning. Three things to avoid in the workplace include:
- Cleavage. It’s just plain distracting! The more skin that women show in the workplace, the more of their visual authority they give away.
- Graphic tees. Graphic tees are going to draw attention away from the face, where we communicate.
- Wrinkled clothes. This lack of attention to detail in personal dress can send negative subliminal messages to your clients about an overall lack of attention to detail.
A good rule of thumb is this: if anything about your image and appearance is distracting, save it for after hours.
Copyright Sarah Ward & Judith Rasband 2010
