{"id":3281,"date":"2021-02-25T18:12:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=3281"},"modified":"2025-09-27T15:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:23:32","slug":"dressing-for-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/get-a-job\/strategies\/dressing-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Dress for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lead\"><strong>Make a great first impression.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Looking good and dressing appropriately, for a given professional situation, is a way to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help employers focus on your character, skills, and strengths<\/li>\n<li>Signal to employers that:\n<ul>\n<li>you respect them and their time <\/li>\n<li>work opportunities matter to you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Make it easier for employers to picture you:\n<ul>\n<li>Working within their workplace <\/li>\n<li>Working (and being appropriately professional) with their patients\/clients\/customers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finding your authentic professional look<\/strong> is an important process, which usually requires some experimentation and time. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Start gathering what you will need<\/strong> (clothes, shoes, coats, bags, and other accessories) well in advance of an interview, job recruitment event, or start of a new job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use social media and employer's websites to get visual examples<\/strong> of what people wear in a specific workplace or a type of workplace. 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