Dress

[asterroc]

In an attempt to find evidence other than anecdotal that women tend to talk themselves down and understate their abilities and that mean talk themselves up and overstate their abilities, I instead came across this set of advice on how women should dress for an interview. Am I the only one who finds it insulting that a State University webpage would perpetuate sexist requirements such as "Always wear hose to interviews"?

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

It depends what you mean by "professional footwear." I am incapable of walking in heels, and most non-heel dress shoes will give me blisters after an hour and also render me incapable of walking. Therefore I feel that the vast majority of dress shoes are unprofessional for me. I wore black low-top boots to most of my interviews, and nice looking sandals to a few. I wore dress shoes for one and regretted it.

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter what I mean, what matters is what the HR people at the company you are interviewing with mean. And they are mostly women who read fashion magazines.

Personally I don't care at all how people are dressed at the office. (Bathed? Well, that is a different matter.)