CAREER DEVELOPMENT
You can’t judge a book by its cover,
however…
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mage experts may disagree on the candidate. Like it or not, the visual professional attire, a network of support
precise number of seconds it takes to impression you make in the workplace and career development tools to help
make a first impression, but no one defines your professional persona. How them thrive in work and in life. When a
argues that it takes less than a minute for you dress and how you pull yourself woman arrives at Dress for Success, the
a potential employer to size you up. If together speak volumes about your first impression she receives from our
your image clicks, you’re off to a run- organizational skills, your creativity, staff and our volunteers is that she’s
ning start. If not, the interviewer may even your ability to think outside the worth it! She is worth the skilled and
lose interest. You could lose momentum. box. In short, a polished, professional undivided attention of a personal shop-
The interview is cut short. The fact is, a and well-accessorized appearance per and career counselor who will guide
first impression is immediate and indeli- implies that you respect the work you her through a professional suiting,
ble. Even a stellar work history won’t do and the company you work for. résumé review and mock interview. She
dispel a lackluster first impression. At Dress for Success Worldwide, we learns to find value in who she is and
Interviewers are taught to settle for promote the economic independence of what she has accomplished, and to
nothing but the best when they meet a disadvantaged women by providing believe in her own power and potential.
She leaves Dress for Success emotionally
transformed, and ready to ace the inter-
view.
Once a Dress for Success client lands
a job, the focus then shifts to job reten-
tion and career counseling. She receives
one week’s worth of business appropri-
ate separates and an invitation to join
the organization’s Professional Women’s
Group, which provides our network of
employed Dress for Success women the
partnership of support, practical infor-
mation and inspiration to achieve self-
defined success in career and life. Also,
our Career Center is readily available for
ongoing career guidance, computer
access and other career related
resources. If she chooses, she can be
assigned a mentor to help her pursue
her goal to start a business, change
careers or enroll in a degree program.
It pays – literally – to participate in
the Professional Women’s Group. Over
75% of our Professional Women’s Group
members have retained their jobs after
one year and 62% have been promoted
or received salary increases. We are con-
fident that the members’ affiliation in
such a powerful networking association
has lead to these successes.
Joi Gordon suiting client
To date, Dress for Success has suited
24 PROFESSIONAL WOMAN’S MULTICULTURAL MAGAZINE
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