Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1983)
ill . s ^ CJ § o L-a. HER OUTFIT Floppy silk bow W bv Brian — S19 s^/X , . \ I Kenneth , Gordan | blouse — $501 I': HIS OUTFIT White Oxford shirt by York - $24 Silk Foulard tie by Kenneth Gordan — $22.50 Polywool blend suit tailored woman collection by Krick- eteer — $240 Tassel Shawed pumps — $130 Bond Street briefcase — $180 Black Saddle Oxfords by Keith Highlander — $64 Clothes from R. Rush & Company Polyster/Wool blend tWO-peice Suit by H. Oritski - $220 Looks that work by Karen Schrimsher Battalion reporter You never get a second chance to make a first im pression — that's what Col lege Station clothing special ists are saying about the im portance of dressing properly tor a job interview. Managers at R. Rush and Co. and Shellenbergers, two College Station shops, have definite: out how perspective em ployees should dress for inter views. The managers of these stores have given fashion shows and clothing seminars for various campus organiza tions using John T. Molloy's Press for Success as a guide. Judy Rush, co-owner and manager of R. Rush and Co., says women should dress in a traditional, classic style. Classic clothing is invest ment clothing that will not be out-dated in the years to come. Rush said. She sug gests a navy blue suit, a white blouse with matching tie, a ta ilored blazer and shoes with a closed toe. Rush said a contrasting tie might give a masculine appearance, although looking too feminine might be just as detrimental. "You want to get away from looking too feminine," Rush said. "If the interviewer is a man, he may look at the woman as someone he would like to date, not as someone he would hire to do a job." As for make-up and hair, it is best to keep it as simple as possible, Rush said. Hair should be kept at the shoul ders in a simple style/— not too curly. If nail polish is worn, it should be in a neutral color because dark colors are too easily noticed. "I wouldn't wear a lot of jewelry, simply because it dis tracts," Rush said. Tierni Morton, manager of ShellenbergePs, says a woman should dress "like a man in a skirt" since most bos ses are men. Women's suits sold in the area range in price from $96- $320, and dress shirts range from $32-$74. As for men, R. Rush mana ger Brad DuPlantis says the best choice would be a solid navy or grey suit. "A navy pin stripe com mands the most power — the most respect," DuPlantis said. The suit should be worn with a light blue or white dress shirt, and the shoes should match the belt. A vest is not necessary. "Basically, you should dress for the type of job for which you are interviewing," DuPlantis said. "If it is an accounting firm, you should dress as conservatively as you can." Also, it is not advisable to wear flashy jewelry. Area prices for men's suits range from $175-$325. Acces sory prices include: shirts- $19-$37.50, blazers- $105- $215, ties- $13.50-$22.50, and shoes- $35-$85. by Carol Smith Battalion staff It's almost time for gradua tion and you're probably excited because then you won't have to worry about studying. But life's no free ride — you still have to find a job. And there's a place on campus that's trying to help — the Placement Center. Each year the placement cen ter helps students to get inter views and find jobs. John R. Gudelman, associate director of the placement center, says the interview process is the most visible service of the center. Gudelman suggests that the student register with the center one year prior to graduation. "Registration is getting a re gistration packet, filling out the appropriate forms and then turning it back in," he said. In the registration packet there's a card which is sent over to the registrar's office when the center orders an unofficial trans cript for the student. The trans cript is free. There is another card for office work and a re sume form that is placed in the student's file. Gudelman said that the student should submit five copies of the resume form into the file. Gudelman said, "A lot of these recruiters will go through the files and identify prospec tive employees." Each file also contains letters of recommendations. A student is encouraged to use three to five recommendations from former employers and faculty mem bers, he said. The recommenda tions can be sent either to the center, or the students can bring them in. Once the student has the file in order, the hard part begins. "Three weeks prior to the in terview date, the pink sheets come out and those pink sheets are the formal announcements of who's going to be here when and the majors they're in terested in," Gudelman said. The pink sheets are then sent to the appropriate academic de partment and are posted on the departmental bulletin boards. "The students need to be watching for those pink sheets on the bulletin boards," he said. Master copies of the pink sheets also are kept in the lobby of the placement center on the tenth floor of Rudder Tower. Two weeks prior to the inter view date, first time sign-ups are conducted at 6 p.m. on the second floor of Rudder. Any schedule that has any kind of major in the college of engineer ing goes out at 6 p.m., and sche dules offering interviews for all other majors (ones which have no engineering disciplines) have sign-ups at 7 p.m. "The reason for this is the mass numbers of people on one big station," Gudelman said. "Spreading out the time and space will make it a lot more con venient for the students." The bulk of activity at the cen ter revolves around the en gineering disciplines and busi ness majors — primarily accounting and computer scien ce, he said. "The high-tech fields right now are in high demand," Gudelman said. "What we do here is really supply and de mand. About a year-and-a-half ago, engineering was extremely lucrative, but that has tapered off somewhat with the reces sion. It really depends on the economy and who needs who and when." The students should bring a resume when they sign up for an interview. The resume form will be given to the recruiter. If students want to attach a per sonal resume to the center's re sume form, they are free to do so, he said. If the students miss sign-ups at 6 p.m., the schedules are available the next day for sign ups from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the tenth floor of Rudder. As for getting sign-ups the next day Gudelman said, "It de pends on the company, the organization, the disciplines re cruited and whether there are spaces or not," Gudelman said. "Most of the time, if you are not there for the first night sign-ups, chances are that you will not get an interview." Once the students have got ten their interviews, the place ment center is through with them unless they ask for some additonal help or some addi tional information, he said. "We are available to them if they need someone to help them further, if they have any prob lems with their interview or if they change their goals," Gudel man said. Three weeks ago, the place ment center was running at approximately 75 percent capac ity of the previous spring, he said. "We've had an awful lot of additions, and we've had some cancellations so we haven't had an accurate study since," Gudel man said. The center has two recruiting seasons — the spring and the fall. It also has a short summer recruiting season. "The summer is somewhat different in that most employers are geared for the May, Decem ber graduates," he said. "My re commendations for an August graduate is to interview, inter view, interview."