The suit and tie.
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Disposable_Me
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What's wrong with khakis and a dickies work shirt
Knightsman
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Funny this came up. As I have started to attend more meetings, I find myself under dressed. So I went out and bought some nice khakis, black dress shoes, few dress shirts, and a nice suit jacket.
I noticed its not that suprising to people to be dressed up, but I think it is suprising to people to be under dressed. I found I feel better, and have a bit more confidence.
Unless im there to do actual work, I wont wear anything less now than a button up long sleeve shirt, dress shoes, and khakis.
I noticed its not that suprising to people to be dressed up, but I think it is suprising to people to be under dressed. I found I feel better, and have a bit more confidence.
Unless im there to do actual work, I wont wear anything less now than a button up long sleeve shirt, dress shoes, and khakis.
Disposable_Me
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I think if I ever should ever feel underdressed, it'd be a good opportunity to oursource the position to someone with a suit.
As mentioned, you pitch yourself according to customer.
Imagine entering a house permeated in thick tobacco fog. Groping around feeling for the PC..... Somewhere.
Kneeling down to examine a machine, with that lovely damp squelching feeling on your knees.
......and you are wearing a suit !
Some customers appreciate a sense of humour, others are so uptight and serious, that you need to adopt a similar "persona" in order to just communicate with the miserable b******.
Sometimes you have to be a chameleon.
Appearance is your primary calling card.
I'm naturally scruffy, I've practiced long and hard at it. That's me.
I do have logo'd polo shirts and a fleece, but that's as far as I go. Many times, I've gone to a job, and my first comment is to apologise for my appearance.
"I'm not normally this scruffy".
Bare faced lie.
This is normally an icebreaker, and makes me less of a stranger.
Overtime, depending on situation, you dress up or dress down.
Above all, thick practicality.
Imagine entering a house permeated in thick tobacco fog. Groping around feeling for the PC..... Somewhere.
Kneeling down to examine a machine, with that lovely damp squelching feeling on your knees.
......and you are wearing a suit !
Some customers appreciate a sense of humour, others are so uptight and serious, that you need to adopt a similar "persona" in order to just communicate with the miserable b******.
Sometimes you have to be a chameleon.
Appearance is your primary calling card.
I'm naturally scruffy, I've practiced long and hard at it. That's me.
I do have logo'd polo shirts and a fleece, but that's as far as I go. Many times, I've gone to a job, and my first comment is to apologise for my appearance.
"I'm not normally this scruffy".
Bare faced lie.
This is normally an icebreaker, and makes me less of a stranger.
Overtime, depending on situation, you dress up or dress down.
Above all, thick practicality.
gikstar
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A lot of 'dressing' is in how it makes you 'feel'. No matter how you dress, if you look good you feel good, and that will make you feel more confident.
The object is to blend in with your environment. Your professionalism and quality of your work is what makes you 'stand-out' from the crowd. As has been mentioned in this posting, a 'suit' in a blue collar workplace is not looked on favorably, and visa-versa.
When you are on-site at a clients, your attire should represent what you do for a living and advertise your business. Dress appropriately for your client's clients, and Never wear cologne to a doctors office.
The object is to blend in with your environment. Your professionalism and quality of your work is what makes you 'stand-out' from the crowd. As has been mentioned in this posting, a 'suit' in a blue collar workplace is not looked on favorably, and visa-versa.
When you are on-site at a clients, your attire should represent what you do for a living and advertise your business. Dress appropriately for your client's clients, and Never wear cologne to a doctors office.
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As a mobile technician I typically wear my business shirt (a nice button down collared dress shirt with my company logo embroidered on the chest), jeans, and dress shoes. When I am doing commercial visits I always wear dress pants, even if I am moving desks, running new lines and adding drops.
I find that when you show up dressed like a professional, people seem to show you more respect. Of course all markets are a little different. If I lived in a more rural area I would probably dress down.
Also I try to buy high performance golf dress pants that allow me to brush off dust and normal dirt from crawling under a desk.
I find that when you show up dressed like a professional, people seem to show you more respect. Of course all markets are a little different. If I lived in a more rural area I would probably dress down.
Also I try to buy high performance golf dress pants that allow me to brush off dust and normal dirt from crawling under a desk.
Sort of off topic but the "scruffy" comment recalled it in to my memory.
I was working at bestbuys geeksquad (recently immigrated to canada and it was an easy job to get) An older fellow walked in with a computer that had an assortment of issues. bad PSU, a rogers version of mcaffee that had his system on lock down and a few malware infections. After quoting him the painful price of 475 for repairs he was very dissapoint.
it was during the hockey playoffs so i had grown a very thick playoff beard. it was SCRUFFFFFY
He was a very nice guy. A retired engineer. I felt terrible doing so but i wrote down my number on a piece of paper and told him my buddy would help him out.
Upon arriving home i shaved my beard completely off, put on a nice shirt and pants and headed over.
When i entered his house he excitedly exclaimed how happy he was that the kind bearded fellow at best buy had recommended me. He never knew. He's now a customer of mine on a monthly maintenance package and i really enjoy talking/working for him..
so yea.. scruff can be a good thing.
I was working at bestbuys geeksquad (recently immigrated to canada and it was an easy job to get) An older fellow walked in with a computer that had an assortment of issues. bad PSU, a rogers version of mcaffee that had his system on lock down and a few malware infections. After quoting him the painful price of 475 for repairs he was very dissapoint.
it was during the hockey playoffs so i had grown a very thick playoff beard. it was SCRUFFFFFY
He was a very nice guy. A retired engineer. I felt terrible doing so but i wrote down my number on a piece of paper and told him my buddy would help him out.
Upon arriving home i shaved my beard completely off, put on a nice shirt and pants and headed over.
When i entered his house he excitedly exclaimed how happy he was that the kind bearded fellow at best buy had recommended me. He never knew. He's now a customer of mine on a monthly maintenance package and i really enjoy talking/working for him..
so yea.. scruff can be a good thing.
Disposable_Me
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But now you can never grow a beard as long as he's your customer. I think it's obvious who the victim was in this scenario: The Beard
Strange how you go through life, progressing from one "uniform" to another....
Out of school, get a welding apprenticeship : overalls
Oil refinery inspection : dream of getting out of overalls and wearing a lab coat.
Turbine blade engineering : dream of getting out of a lab coat and wearing a smart jacket.
Turbine blade lab. Upgrade from jacket to suit.
Computer repair tech. : cataclysmic fall down to a polo shirt, or whatever clothing is handy or doesn't smell too bad.
Well, the beauty of it is that it's all remote support except for a yearly computer cleaning visit! Beards growing nicely as we speak.
<< we need a bearded scruffy smiley.
Tony_Scarpelli
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Wearing a freaking $200 suit is an embarrassment. It is as if you are trying put on airs but you don't even know that anything less than a $900 suit will just get you laughed at.
Sounds very pretentious to me. I do not think you are doing yourself or your image any favors.
If you are a consultant that is one thing. But the minute you put your fingers on a keyboard then you are not a consultant but a technician.
Sounds very pretentious to me. I do not think you are doing yourself or your image any favors.
If you are a consultant that is one thing. But the minute you put your fingers on a keyboard then you are not a consultant but a technician.
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I've always done business casual with dress pants, dark shoes, and dress shirt, which is both neat and clean looking. It fits in well in most environments because it's neither overly dressed or under dressed, and is acceptable when visiting clients as a technician.
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