{"id":20351,"date":"2017-10-04T10:38:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=20351"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:40:31","slug":"business-professional-and-business-casual","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/clothes\/business-professional-and-business-casual\/","title":{"rendered":"How to dress business professional and business casual"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h3><a id=\"business-professional\"><\/a>Business professional clothing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A two-piece pant or skirt suit in black, charcoal, navy, or another dark color (solid color or a simple pattern)<\/li>\n<li>A conservatively colored dress shirt or blouse with a collar (not low cut or sheer)<\/li>\n<li>Dark, closed-toe dress shoes with a low or moderate heel<\/li>\n<li>Conservative jewelry or makeup, worn in moderation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"business-casual\"><\/a>Business casual clothing<\/h3>\n<p>The main difference between business professional and business casual is the use of a two-piece suit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For business casual, you do not need to wear a full two-piece suit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead, you may choose professional separates, as in the following examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A collared dress shirt with slacks and close-toed shoes (no tie required)<\/li>\n<li>A dress in a conservative color that is cut in a suit-like fabric and paired with a blazer<\/li>\n<li>A professional skirt paired with a collared shirt\/blouse without a collar and a dressy sweater\/blazer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In general, a pair of dress slacks, trousers, or a skirt are appropriate in black, charcoal, gray, or khaki.<\/p>\n<h5>Wear<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Closed-toe shoes with a low or moderate heel<\/li>\n<li>Shoes and socks that fit the color of your slacks<\/li>\n<li>Conservative jewelry or makeup, worn in moderation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/practice\/\">Practice: How do you practice before your interview?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business professional clothing A two-piece pant or skirt suit in black, charcoal, navy, or another dark color (solid color or a simple pattern) A conservatively colored dress shirt or blouse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":19648,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20351"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41070,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20351\/revisions\/41070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}