Tom Sorensen | NPAworldwide

How you should dress for the job interview?

Ladies, coming for a job interview dressed as you were heading for the night-club on Saturday night, will simply not do it. 

🚀 You are wasting your time turning up in a very short skirt and plunging neckline.

💥 Forget the high heel gold stiletto platforms with a 23 cm spike heel, extreme facial piercing, big hoop earrings and excessive jewellery with heavy makeup. 

Gentlemen, you may be proud of your nose, ear or lips piercing, cool tattoos, light makeup and eye mascara.

• If you feel the fashion includes extremely long fingernails, believe me, you are not making it easier for yourself if your dream is to work for a multinational company. 
• And don’t turn up in jeans and jogging shoes, please.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression

Needless to say, in a job interview situation you must be aware of how important it is to quickly make a brilliant first impression. Read more…

What exactly is our first judgment based on?

I have first-hand experience with “first impressions” and how some candidates start on the wrong foot by not respecting the dress code. Read more…

Single most important dress code advice

Probably the single most important advice I can give; dress in a way that says you mean business, dress smartly for the interview and rather be overdressed than seen as disrespectful, cheap and untidy. Read more…

How should women dress for a job in the city?

If you are interviewing for a job in the city, not at a factory, dress conservatively like a pencil skirt and a jacket, shoes that completely cover the toes, light make-up, discreet earrings and jewellery accessories. No nail polish or use a polish that matches your skin colour. Read more…

Dress code if working in a factory

If you are taking time off during a working day to attend a job interview, but must return to work right after the interview, do two things. Read more…

How should men dress?

I still don’t get why an unshaven look has become such a fashion, even some men carry it quite well. Think singer George Michael. Read more…

Style isn’t expensive, fashion is!

When you feel good about what you are wearing, you will feel confident and positive. Do not go overboard in acquiring fashion and designer brands. Read more…