Dressing for Success at Work: How Do You Choose the Right Outfit for Your Office?

Hi all,

This is a nice little information on how you should dress up at your workplace. I thought to share with you all nice and professional people at citehr. I hope people will like this. Thank you and God bless you all.

Regards,
Susanta.

Hi Susanat,

Your post is good, but it's a bit lengthy. It takes time to read such a lengthy post, which might be the reason you didn't receive many responses. Viewers may open your post and close it after seeing the length of the attachment.

I also have had the same experience with lengthy posts that I had posted earlier. Try to make your post as brief as possible.

This is a suggestion from my side; others can correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks for sharing this info.

Best regards,
Shree

Good work done.

Members, find more materials attached on the same subject.

When speaking of dress, it's important to know the industry, market sector, and particular culture of an organization. I remember going to meet the HR director of a multinational company whose product lines cut across several industries. It was a meeting to discuss a potential client relationship with them.

The organization has a Southwest USA headquarters in Austin, Texas. Its location is just stunning. I dressed in a suit, etc. However, the HR director was in leggings, a crop top, and flip flops. The culture was very "IT" and youth-oriented, which made for an awkward moment. I eventually took off my jacket, let my hair down, and rolled up the sleeves of my blouse (literally) while we discussed their training and development needs.

So, research is the key to knowing what is expected in terms of dress. The one rule of thumb is to be clean, neat, and professional, whatever that means in your work environment.

Hi everyone,

The document is undoubtedly useful and comprehensive. However, since it is dated 2004, it does not address quite a few modern trends that I feel this forum can discuss to get the opinions of others. Here are some points that I feel we need to consider:

- Currently, most organizations do permit employees to wear jeans and tees, except on days designated for formal wear or special occasions. However, I definitely feel that the following are offensive and should not be worn:
1. Baggy, low-slung jeans that cling very low at times, appearing to be on the verge of slipping off.
2. Hipsters, especially worn by women with short tees, revealing too much of the tummy, maybe up to the groin itself and sometimes the buttocks, especially when sitting.
3. Deep-necked tees or loose-fitting ones that are too revealing.
4. Similarly, extremely tight clothes that can also be either revealing or obscene.

Clothes and accessories need to be elegant and pleasing, not flashy or loud. Work clothes should be just that, not a fashion statement, and the workplace should not become the venue for a fashion parade.

Another point that I think needs to be discussed is on whom the onus lies to lay down the guidelines and implement them, especially when some of these could be gender-sensitive and the differentiating line between acceptable and obscene could be touchy issues.

Hope we can have some thoughtful views.

Regards,

Praveen.

Hi Sushanta,

The article is informative, though I feel it could be more effective if it was in point form, brief. It's difficult reading long paragraphs, and I ended up glancing at the main points.

Keep up the good work! 😊

Hi Susanta,

I am working in a software company as an HR. Could you please tell me how to get good candidates faster? We are in need of some urgent programmers. We are trying our best by using job portals, but it's not up to par.

Regards,
Kala.

Hi,

I went through the document and it is very informative. It will be well-suited for those who are newly joined to any company and will help them to grow with good basics. I suggest you to keep on posting with some more information like this.

All the best.

Regards,
Ajay.

Hi,

I have read all the comments and gone through the attachments. Yes, I agree the attachments are very good... in a western environment. The majority of our women workforce dress in Indian style most of the time, i.e., Sarees, Salwar suits, Churidars. The attachments speak nothing about this. We need to look more into how we can groom ourselves in the Indian way. Is there anyone who can contribute more in this area?

Joseph

Hey Susanta,

Thanks for the PDF file. I have just downloaded it, and I'm sure it's useful because one really needs to know that the way a person dresses up is also a form of communication. A wrong communication can lead to danger.

Anyways, I will go through it. Thank you again. Keep smiling.

Regards,
Disha

Why should we wait for a dress code? In case there is no uniform system in the organization, everyone should have their dress sense, which should not affect others. Right?