{"id":510,"date":"2020-02-24T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/?p=510"},"modified":"2020-02-24T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:14:11","slug":"consulting-101-attire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/consulting-101-attire\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting 101 – Attire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Attire<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Attire is a pretty complicated topic, and by no means am I a\nfashion expert. Fashion trends tend to change year to year, so what may be in\nstyle at the time of writing this book, may make me seem like the uncool dad by\nthe time you are reading this. Instead, I wanted to talk about some of the\nunchanging rules of dressing for your consulting job. The ultimate rule is to\nalways dress better than your client. That does not mean for you to wear a full\nsuit if their general attire is very casual as you don\u2019t want to create a large\ndisparity, but it is recommended you stick to the basics of business casual.\nAlways remember you are supposed to be the expert in the room and your personal\nimage is a part of that. A big part of your professional image is rooted in the\nfact that you are always selling. You are selling the firm, your work and\nyourself, so how you present yourself directly influences your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming out of college, it can be very difficult to know what\nis acceptable and, more importantly, what is affordable. Dressing well can get\nvery pricey but there are ways to save a few bucks and look good. Look online\nand check blogs for what is considered business casual and business formal. The\nbasics of what classifies have not changed drastically over the years. What has\nchanged are colors, fit and cut. Once you have an idea of what looks you are\nshooting for, go to your local mall and try to figure out what fits well and\nwhat you are comfortable with. Once you have a good baseline of the look you\nare going for and your basic size, you should be able to start building your\nwardrobe. Designer labels are nice but they are not necessarily a good choice\nif you are on a budget. How clothes fit and look are usually more important\nthan the brand. You should be able to shop online or at department stores to always\nlook for sales on work clothes. You can always mix and match tops, bottom and\nshoes to create new outfit combinations out of a fewer number of items. If your\npersonality is loud, don\u2019t be scared to express some of that as long as you\nstay within the bounds of business casual. If you wish to stick to the dark\ngreys, blues and black for the first few months or years to blend in until\nyou\u2019re comfortable, there is nothing wrong with that either. Keep an eye out\nfor veteran peers to get a good pulse on what goes and what does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a basic rule of thumb, tattoos and piercings should be\ncovered up or removed. Although some of these are permanent decisions and\nexpressions that are a part of you, it is easier to keep them covered as the\nattention should focus on the skills you were hired to share and not on your\nbody art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\nAre you interested in starting a career in consulting? Be sure do read the full book Jack of all Trades Master of Some; An Introduction to Consulting<\/a> available on Amazon.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attire Attire is a pretty complicated topic, and by no means am I a fashion expert. Fashion trends tend to change year to year, so what may be in style at the time of writing this book, may make me seem like the uncool dad by the time you are reading this. Instead, I wanted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-consulting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}