This Is How to Get Your Next Job

#8: Don’t Wear Unflattering, Ill-Fitting Clothing That Needs Cleaning

Until you pull your clothes out of the closet and assemble them on your body for a complete outfit, you never know how they fit and if anything needs mending or cleaning.

One employer described a candidate who wore an outfit with buttons and pockets that were gaping. The top seam along the shoulder of her blouse looked like it was pinching off the circulation in her arms. It all made the woman, who was interviewing for a job at a private school, seem well . . . unaware.

The employer says the first thing she concluded was the candidate “was doing the best she could with what she had, and I had compassion. I also knew that she was a new mom and was still carrying the baby fat, ...