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First meeting with lab staff what to wear?
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Khakis and a polo sounds good. I was really nervous about the same thing and it turned out everyone at the lab I'm at wears jeans, t-shirts, sometimes even shorts or sweatpants....just don't wear sweats to your interview 
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Dockers and dress shirt. You dont work at best buy
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I am shocked how often questions like these come up on SDN. Amongst some of the brightest people out there....youd think people would know what to wear when.
You are going to a meeting regarding a potential job (volunteer or paid its still the same) Always wear minimum slacks and a button down...tie or no tie depends on the "formality."
Its really simple: If you go dressed professionally and everyone is in jeans you may get made fun of a little bit but at least they know you are serious about the position/whatever in question, and mature.
If you roll in to a professional meeting/interview looking like a slob thinking the environment will be casual you might be up **** creek when you find out that isnt the case. It is almost always better to be a little overdressed than grossly underdressed.
Besides....dont you think its nice to dress nicely sometimes? I know I enjoy to from time to time.
You are going to a meeting regarding a potential job (volunteer or paid its still the same) Always wear minimum slacks and a button down...tie or no tie depends on the "formality."
Its really simple: If you go dressed professionally and everyone is in jeans you may get made fun of a little bit but at least they know you are serious about the position/whatever in question, and mature.
If you roll in to a professional meeting/interview looking like a slob thinking the environment will be casual you might be up **** creek when you find out that isnt the case. It is almost always better to be a little overdressed than grossly underdressed.
Besides....dont you think its nice to dress nicely sometimes? I know I enjoy to from time to time.
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And the funny thing is....I worked at Best Buy in highschool...and they are REQUIRED to wear nice non cargo khakis. If you dont you cant punch in haha.
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I'd say it depends. The first lab I worked in was at a very conservative institution, and my meeting was a more formal interview-type meeting, so I wore dress pants, dress shoes, dress shirt. I fit in well enough but, honestly, I don't think I would have been out of place in a suit.
The second lab I worked in was at my school, and it was more of a casual "yeah, sure, stop by my office whenever you get a chance" type of meeting. I don't recall what I wore, but I'm pretty certain I didn't wear a dress shirt. If I were to guess, I probably wore jeans and a polo. Whatever it was, it was WAY more casual than dress shirt/tie (it might have even been shorts 😱😱😱😱😱😱 but probably not). A shirt and tie would have been overkill. I'd say "dockers" and a polo would suffice.
The second lab I worked in was at my school, and it was more of a casual "yeah, sure, stop by my office whenever you get a chance" type of meeting. I don't recall what I wore, but I'm pretty certain I didn't wear a dress shirt. If I were to guess, I probably wore jeans and a polo. Whatever it was, it was WAY more casual than dress shirt/tie (it might have even been shorts 😱😱😱😱😱😱 but probably not). A shirt and tie would have been overkill. I'd say "dockers" and a polo would suffice.
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