Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Matt Hilary — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:48:21 GMT

Long-sleeved/formal shirt with collar. Smart trousers/chinos. Black shoes.

+ any appropriate kit you might need for the job i.e. stethoscope, overalls, waterproofs, scrubs etc.

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Gillian Mostyn — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:01:10 GMT

If you've dressed appropriately, the interviewer won't even notice what you're wearing! Keep it bland!

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David Mills — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:51:04 GMT

[quote user="Bob Russell"]Short sleeved shirt is always a good choice.[/quote]

Except in fashion terms. They are an abomination on a par with a polo shirt under a blazer, or polo shirt with a tie. Especially the checked ones over a beer belly. Benidooooooorrrm.

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

J G Wray — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:50:14 GMT

Slow news day

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Bob Russell — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:45:02 GMT

Short sleeved shirt is always a good choice.

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:17:09 GMT

[quote user="Clare Tapsfield-Wright"] No cleavage, piercings, high heels or rips thanks [/quote]

And that goes for the ladies too.

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:06:24 GMT

[quote user="Clive Ansell"]short sleeved or a polo shirt[/quote]

That's casual but it's not smart!

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Bob Russell — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:08:00 GMT

Suit and tie may be considered over the top but is perfectly acceptable. It indicates respect.

Shirt and smart trousers, even clean and tidy jeans would be OK especially for someone travelling. Shoes can be such a give away! Clean and polished (if formal shoes), just clean and presentable if more informal shoes.

Farm practice - would accept less formal clothing on the off chance that a visit might be part of the interview and protective clothing not guaranteed.

Still more important is attitude, interest and experience!

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Richard Carter — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:39:23 GMT

interview - clean, made some effort to be presentable, but keen, show they care for clients and patients, skills can bring to practice, level of experience, cpd records to see how much extra work they prepared to do?

Owning pets as an adult is also important I think either current or historical

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Clive Ansell — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:39:51 GMT

We are quite backward traditional and conservative here in the UK.

+1 for smart casual too; short sleeved or a polo shirt and trousers, no T shirt, jeans or trainers. Suit and tie too formal unless you're one of the stuffed shirt brigade

I think if I was the interviewer, I would like to say I couldn't care less what someone wears, it is their ability to do the job I would be interested in. Having said that, I would like to think candidates have taken it seriously and made some effort.

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Julian Earl — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:03:44 GMT

Hello Iain,

To this day, 35 years-on my former boss David G in Lancashire likes to remind me that I turned up for my interview wearing very smart but light grey trousers [Burtons-best!] and he took me on farm to see how I coped. The trousers ended up mottled green!"Who on earth goes for a farm interview in light trousers?" he asks! But I obviously did something right as I got the job. I then got my own back for my ruined best- and only posh-trousers by making sure that all the staff were aware when a few months later, a client asked me if he, David was my Dad? though he was mid-thirties and I was twenty five! Perhaps employing me had aged him fast? Being unable to resist, I had told the client "Yes!"

At least I wasn't wearing white socks!

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Tomas Hansen — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:02:03 GMT

Thank you for your advice. Smart casual it is then (along with the Wellies and the boiler suit in a seperate bag :-). I am not a suit-and-tie guy, so I guess I'd never fit in at a place that would require this.

I guess the best way forward is to gain a sense of how formal the tone is at the practice, and try to be in sync with this.

And no - to wear white socks other places than at the tennis court is FAIL

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Iain Richards — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:52:53 GMT

I think attire has more to say about the care with which you are approahing the interview, and the role. So casual attire can work if clean/ironed/co-ordinated and a suit and tie will be a disaster if they are torn, crumpled and soiled. What you have to ask yourself is "Can I be taken seriously?"

However, never wear white socks with anything other than sports kit if you are a bloke!

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Clare Tapsfield-Wright — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:58:27 GMT

The clothing the person offering the job wears is irrelevant. they are not the ones looking for a job

If you want a better chance of being offered a job then it might help if you look to have made an effort, that is good manners

an employer would like you to dress a little smarter than normal and in a way which would make more conservative clients think you look like a professional. Once they know and like you it is far less important

smart casual , shirt/ top and trousers (not jeans) and you can't go wrong. No cleavage, piercings, high heels or rips thanks

some wacky practices might appreciate the reverse to the above but they are in the minority. It's about your personality not your fashion sense.

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Christina Smith — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:54:45 GMT

I know someone who was offered the job on the condition that he removed his earring

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Michael Woodhouse — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:17:54 GMT

I don't believe you can pick a vet based on a sterile interview with questions. I want them here and to get stuck in. We are mixed so that includes large animal work.

I'd say a suit was too much for practice work, but smart trousers and a shirt/blouse. I'm personally not bothered by ties.

If its a farm job take some wellies and a coat

RE: Proper attire for job interviews in 2016

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:13:54 GMT

There is no such thing as a long-sleeved T shirt, whatever the Orvis catalogue would have you believe.

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Dinu Catilina — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:45:49 GMT

Go smart casual. And I think in Uk how you dress does matter.