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scotchyscotch 
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 Topic: suit or no suit?Posted: 26 June 2011 at 10:24am |
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I have an interview tonight at a casino. It's a relattively trendy/fancy joint and the interview is for bar staff. Its a massive place as well.
Dressing smartly is a given but is a suit too much for a bar job interview. Even if it.s a fancy casino? Www.aleacasino.com/alea/glasgow/home Edited by scotchyscotch - 26 June 2011 at 10:47am |
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 10:46am |
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Unless you're applying for a job shoveling horse manure, wear the suit. Especially if its a swank establishment.
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 11:28am |
QFE. Rule of thumb, if you ever need to ask the question "Suit or no suit", wear a suit. It never hurts to be over dressed. Being underdressed can easily cost you the job. Besides, it is a good excuse to get dressed up. KBK |
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 11:44am |
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I rarely go for the full suit, usually just dress shirt, a tie and chinos.
I let the personality and the gab sell me. (I've oft been told I have a good talent for schmooze). You can dress down a little (No tie, no coat, etc.) but ironing with sharp creases is an absolute must if you do that. Lots of starch. But, I also admit that all of my interviews have been in Florida, and I think that slightly less is expected for business dress when it's 97* with high humidity.
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 12:47pm |
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Better link: http://aleacasinos.com/alea/glasgow/home/
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scotchyscotch
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 2:46pm |
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interview done. I went with the suit in the end and i think it will have made a good impression. The second interview (if i get that far) is with the dirrector of the centre so deffo suit time for that one. As i left i saw one of the other guys waiting and he was a tad underdressed imo so hopefully if a few look like tramps like him i.ll be remembered for the right reasons compared to them.
One of the interview questions was actually 'is presentation important to you? How do you thinlk you should be presented qhen at work' so apparently they think its important. |
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 3:18pm |
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What's the suit look like, Scotchy? What did you have for the shirt/tie?
I was out just earlier today picking up a bit more formal wear- two more shirts and ties, and finally a pair of cufflinks. :D |
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 4:42pm |
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a dark grey suit and i ruined my good white taylored shirt by trying to iron it. So i went with a black shirt with a black tied with a sort of embossed floral pattern. I wasn.t sure about it but its nice and fitted the mood of the place.
I.ve got a few sets of nice cufflinks but i have no shirts with the right cuffs. |
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 4:48pm |
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Dark grey as in charcoal grey coloured?
A nice combo for that is a maroon dress shirt, with dark red/grey striped tie. That's exactly what I'm going with for my thing tonight. Charcoal grey suits are the best. You can do all kinds of stuff with them. Another good combination is a light grey dress shirt with a suitable tie. |
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 7:16pm |
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Like someone said, unless you are shoveling manure wear a suit. Obviously it doesnt make a difference, but whatever. Of the two interviews I have been to, I wore a suit to my retail interview and I didnt have an interview at the junkyard.
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Posted: 26 June 2011 at 11:10pm |
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I've actually never been to an interview, unless you count my RA job in college- which I don't.
Somehow, I feel like I'm missing out on something. |
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Posted: 27 June 2011 at 12:12am |
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I've only earned one job on my own. It's not what you know, it's who you know.
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That's the way it seems. My first job out of college was at my old HS. After 3 years there, the guy they'd hired as a technology consultant hired me immediately after I found out the school was cutting my position. I know in theory how interviews work, but never have dealt with one. |
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Posted: 27 June 2011 at 10:50am |
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I've only had one actual job interview - for being a resident assistant, like Reb said.
I've had quite a few interviews for scholarships and grants and such.
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