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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

TRUE STORY: I only interview in 1 outfit


AND it's a black dress. Suits are expensive and they wrinkle. And only fancy ones (Theory please!) look good on me. Solution, I always interview in the same black Calvin Klein dress. For my job at Forbes I had 3 interviews. 3 different people to impress, one little black dress - ha!

The best part is it's very fitted and has some synthetic in it or something (I don't know!) so I can roll it up in a ball and pull it unwrinkled out of my suitcase. Now that is a good friend.

So, ladies on a budget trying to land the dream job - Screw the suit. Dresses look chic, cost less and show confidence.

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