[ale] [OT] Cheap Suits

[Geoffrey Myers]

Mike Harrison wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, John Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Realising that I have grown too fat for my current interview suit I am
>> in the market for another one.
>>
>> I recall seeing various adds for cheap suits around town.
> 
> Don't interview in a cheap suit. Even if more casual,
> You want to interview in stylish high quality everything.
> Your watch matters. That timex you love on a nylon strap
> (like my business partner loves to wear) will cost you $5k+ per year.
> No watch will cost you less than that. A tasteful business-oriented
> watch (as jewelry, not function) will help. Same for shoes, belt, etc..
> 
> You want to dress 1 step above the position you are applying for.
> 
> Trim your nails, ear hair, etc.. shave the night before
> and the morning of the interview, use a moisterizer both times.
> (Borrow your wifes) you will look younger.
> 
> The clothes need to be in good shape, fit, and you need
> to be wearing them like you are used to wearing them.
> 
> (Note: a client recently admitted to me that a guys cheap watch
>   made him look hungry enough to take a lower offer. Which he did. $10k+ gone..)
> 
> Got a couple of classy gay guy friends or some stylish girls in your life?
> Enlist their help. Invest some money in a wardrobe.
> 
> When I get "dressed", people notice. My $700 fitted jacket, worth every 
> penny. Same for shoes, shirt, etc.. Nothing should have a visible label.

I personally would never pay $700 for jacket.  Much of what you say may 
be necessary for some, but I doubt it is for the majority of 
interviewers.  Granted, flip-flops and jeans aren't the way to go, but a 
$700 jacket is way overkill.

> 
> 
> 
> Usually, people are just happy I'm wearing clothes. :)
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Option 2:
> 
> Dress like you don't care at all if you get this job,
> full gnarly beard and suspenders.. cheap comfy clothes..
> but you better have the uber-geek rocket scientist status
> to back it up.
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> (in a former life I used to interview and hire technical people for a 
> Fortune 200 company. )
> 
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Until later, Geoffrey

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