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I've been invited to go and see someone next week for an "informal meeting" to discuss a possible new role which they are looking to create. The company is separate from my current employer, although they own a significant portion of it. It's a reasonably senior role.
I have very (very) little information to go on other than that the role may interest me given my skills/experience/background, and I'm meeting just one person, who I've never met before.
So, to the topic title. I'm thinking business casual, i.e. suit & shirt, no tie (which is generally the culture in my current organisation) rather than interview-formal.
Whaddya say?
I have very (very) little information to go on other than that the role may interest me given my skills/experience/background, and I'm meeting just one person, who I've never met before.
So, to the topic title. I'm thinking business casual, i.e. suit & shirt, no tie (which is generally the culture in my current organisation) rather than interview-formal.
Whaddya say?
Always better to be over dressed than underdressed. So full suit, 3 piece if you have one , if you wear the right suit with the right accessories you can give of a casual & smart vibe at the same time, something like blue 3 piece with brown accessories and a nice plain tie.
Edited by Foliage on Friday 23 January 09:33
oldnbold said:
I wouldn't have thought anyone will get a negative impresion of you wearing a tie, but they just might if you're not wearing one.
This would be my view too. We are business casual in all our offices, but if I was seeing someone about a senior role even in the same company, I would wear a tie. blueg33 said:
oldnbold said:
I wouldn't have thought anyone will get a negative impresion of you wearing a tie, but they just might if you're not wearing one.
This would be my view too. We are business casual in all our offices, but if I was seeing someone about a senior role even in the same company, I would wear a tie. Even if they weren't expecting you to smarten up, the fact that you have will say that you've 1. thought about it 2. are taking this seriously.
I don't see how it could be taken negatively unless they're a bunch of aholes, in which case they'll be doing you a favour by eliminating you on this basis.
I don't see how it could be taken negatively unless they're a bunch of aholes, in which case they'll be doing you a favour by eliminating you on this basis.
Hoofy said:
Dress like you're middle-aged.
I know this was written partly in jest but a few years back I was visited by two senior businessmen from Manchester. They were very smartly dressed in sharp suits, shirts and ties, but looked liked footballers about to board the coach on their way to Wembley for the cup final. I struggled to take these 45+ gents seriously with their giant tie knots and slim fit trousers. They were a joke. The excessive use of hair gel did not help either. So it's one thing to be smart and another to be appropriately smart. Dress your age or older but not the other way around.Also, as a colleague of mine always used to say, "never hire a man whose trousers are shinier than his shoes"!
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