Looking good and dressing appropriately, for a given professional situation, is a way to:

• Help employers focus on your character, skills, and strengths
• Signal to employers that:
  • you respect them and their time
  • work opportunities matter to you
• Make it easier for employers to picture you:
  • Working within their workplace
  • Working (and being appropriately professional) with their patients/clients/customers

Finding your authentic professional look is an important process, which usually requires some experimentation and time.

Start gathering what you will need (clothes, shoes, coats, bags, and other accessories) well in advance of an interview, job recruitment event, or start of a new job.

Use social media and employer's websites to get visual examples of what people wear in a specific workplace or a type of workplace. When in doubt, dress up (vs. down) a bit. 

• • Use Social Media to Assess an Employer's Attire Standards