Truth 39Don't send away candidates dressed for a day at the beach
It wasn't too long ago when there was no mystery to dressing for an interview. No matter what kind of job they were applying for—from stockroom clerk to administrative assistant to pizza deliverer to sales rep—candidates would come in dressed in some version of executive wear, complete with suit and tie. But now, even executives are coming to work in polo shirts and chinos, so it's impossible to say what "dress for success" means anymore. One founder of a start-up actually chose the candidate for a sales position who rolled into his meeting direct from a camping trip in the Colorado Rockies (complete with the smell of smoke from the campfire) over the slick, spruced-up applicant ...
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