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Tyler Fields
10 Do’s and Don’ts for you Summer DC Internship Attire
Tyler Fields
Summer 2015
DO:
- DO wear a suit on the first day. Just do it. You absolutely cannot go wrong with a suit on the first day unless you are specifically instructed to wear something else and even then, dress it up a level. Dress for the job you want at the end, not the job you’re starting at.
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- DO dress one notch above your fellow interns. In most other professional parts of the country, the intern that wears a suit and tie every day might be seen as ‘trying too hard.’ Not here. Here is where they are looking for you to be working as hard as you can and dressing to impress is certainly included in that. For example, if the look is business casual, throw a jacket or tie on. One or the other, but the extra piece moves you just a bit above the competition.
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