Just a heads up on something REALLY important to think about when interviewing for a job.

DRESS WELL!

I seriously can't state this enough. You hear it on the news and see it in magazines, BUT let me state it again DRESS UP and NOT DOWN.

I honestly don't think much of having to dress for a job, but I guess some people to. I just passed some new applicants downstairs (applying for the company I work at), and both guys I saw 18 or so were wearing SHORTS...lol...and worse yet not even a polo, but just throw on shirts.

Perhaps if your applying for burger kind you can do that, hell I'd expect it...but heads up if your applying for a nice position with perhaps a film company or even just a normal company, like mine a tech company, DRESS UP

I wouldn't be suprised if neither of those kids gets a position as a result of what they are wearing.

Me, I'll dress up, and its why I can afford to get a DVX-100A/B in just a month

I really should buy some nice clothes. You're right. We can't dress like Peter Jackson all the time until we ARE Peter Jackson.

the flip side of that coin is that in visual communications/arts jobs, we're often judged by appearance about how 'hip' and in touch with popular culture we are. So, if dressing up means looking less cool, it may not be such a great idea. There's a balance and both aren't mutually exclusive. But something to consider along the same lines.

The ideal situation would be to exude coolness to such an extent that no one could complain about you not being dressed up, even if you were supposed to be. On second thought, I'd better stick to finding some nice clothes for now.

Contrary to popular belief - you can dress up and still look cool.

The idea is not to dress like you don't care. Act like you care about your appearance in a job interview - because if you don't care about your appearance - then obviously you don't care if you get the job - and that's not a good message to give a potential employer.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

It's stupid that we live in a society where hiring decisions are made on whether your shirt has a collar.

Show up naked - impress upon them how creative you are.

How can an employer infer how much you care about getting the job by how well you dress for the interview? That's predicated on the assumption that if you don't dress well, you won't get the job, and therefore you didn't want it (which is contradicted by the fact that you bothered to apply and submit to an interview). It's all based on circular reasoning - they think that you think they care about how you dress, so you actually do have to take care, or else their actions (hiring you or not) will be predetermined by your perception of their hiring practices (you must dress well), whether they actually believe that or not.

When did logic ever make any sense?

elliott (otiose)...

The point is that if one doesn't care to look good for a job interview then it appears that you don't care about getting the job.

Why would one want to do anything that would predisposition a potential employer against you?

All I'm saying is - don't look like a slob.

I wouldn't hire someone for a job who looked like they just got out of bed. But then again - I wouldn't hire someone who interviewed in a suit either - because they obviously don't know the editing business then.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

I figure you need to taylor your outfit to the profession you are interviewing for. I agree a suit may be a little too much for an editing gig but I don't think going in there with a Motley Crue T shirt on is the best thing either

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It's stupid that we live in a society where hiring decisions are made on whether your shirt has a collar. How can an employer infer how much you care about getting the job by how well you dress for the interview?

Because dressing "well" shows that your willing to take perhaps just twenty minutes out of your day to prepare for an interview, its somewhat circular reasoning, however keep in mind 90% of workplaces you visit will have some sort of dress code, and if your dressing poorly before your employed how will you dress AFTER your employed.


Not saying its great, but its how the majority of workplaces operate

That's the best thing about my job, the dress code. Decent jeans and a plain tshirt. I'm ignoring the plain tshirt rule because I'm wearing a Misfits tshirt today, but I'm wearing a blazer over it.

I get to go to work dressed like a 'hipster' as my girlfriend says. Video production is great, because I'm always behind a camera I don't need to go overboard with my appearance since no one else sees what I look like. Plus, I get dirty sometimes if I'm putting lights up, messing with the ceiling panels to hang the lights, crawling around on the floor messing around with the mic wires (don't trust a wireless for audio capping), etc. Jeans and a tshirt are the best clothes for doing video work.

For my interview I did dress extra nicely, but was told I was over-dressing since video is physical sort of thing and that I should dress down, respectably but comfortably.

State video jobs kick ass, if any of you guys can ever land one, go for it.