Just Corporate Things

Just a little funny to get you through the day:

If you've ever seen these photos, Just Girly Things,


these new pics will make you laugh.

SH#$ Just Got Real..Real Life Horror Stories of an MBA

I realize that it's been a while since I've posted.

I blame work & the fact that we are now doing our capstone project. Awesome.

For the most part, my MBA experience has been hunky dory--lot's of rainbows and butterflies. I've worked hard, hand a couple of stumbles, but nothing that really freaked me out.

Thanks MBA for changing that for me.

So here's the background story. This semester, my group of 6 other individuals were given the opportunity to consult with a client. This was a real client that we would be doing real work for. At the beginning of the capstone, we had to delegate someone that would be a team lead. I hesitated because I've taken the lead on a lot of things--and wasn't sure how much time I would be able to dedicate to this project.

We had someone volunteer, and that's where things started going south. We will call him The Kid.*Note, my aim in this post is not to be rude or condescending, I am simply recounting the events from my point of view 

Now, we have an individual in the group who simply goes above and beyond in all aspects of our MBA program. This is a good and bad thing because that individual has made it easy for others in the group to be lazy--but that's beside the point (we will call him Enabler).

So The Kid had some unforeseen and unfortunate medical issues happen. He didn't see it coming. He stopped coming to class (because of medical issues). However, there were also some mistakes made along the way that just weren't in his favor--he sent a silly email (presumably on drugs), and then made the biggest mistake in the history of consulting: complained to the client. We were doing a lot of work that required us to leave work (since it was in the middle of the day), and it's been difficult for some people to arrange.

HOWEVER, 

Complaining is something you never do--especially to someone paying you. This garnered a lot of negative feelings, and everyone in the group literally cringed when he said it. All of these little mistakes like him not having enough time to devote to the group, and missing deadlines made all of us very grumpy. But we dealt with it. But, he was team lead, and was constantly scrutinized by the Professor of our class.

AND 

Just like that, The Kid was off our project, and he has to wait a whole 'nother year to graduate. The Professor told us that The Kid decided on his own free will to drop out {the story changes depending on who tells it. The Kid had to meet with the dean, the professor, and director of the MBA program--they had basically decided that he was going to be removed from the project before he even met with them.

YIKES

So here's my advice: work as hard as you can when it comes to anything MBA. You might be sent packing early--and no one wants that! Don't volunteer to work hard just in case you think something may be out of your scope of time. It's better to work a little less and not have to worry about responsibility.

#keepitreal

How to Write a Professional Letter to a Business {Template Included}

As of late, we've been busy, busy bees! 

We were contacting businesses, and doing focus groups--and life was good. But what about maintaining our professional image? 

We were in need of thank you letters. But professional thank you letters are a whole other beast...

Looking for a guide on writing professional business thank you letters? 
We've got it: 

1. Start with letterhead stationary. {makes you look more prof}
   
2. Use either a letter or memo format. {Google that shiz if you don't know what they are--we like these examples: Wiki, About. etc}
   
3. In the first paragraph, identify yourselves by group and by individual name, and give the date you met with them and thank them for their time and effort.
   
4. In the second paragraph, mention something specific about the meeting that was helpful (for example, thank the group that provided the lunch for the meeting).
   
5. In the third paragraph remind them how you will use the data from the meeting and explain how this will be helpful to your client. Mention any follow up that you plan on.
   
6. Sign off 

Easy peezy. 

Here's an example: 

*it's not on official letterhead just yet! 

10 Movies Every UVU MBA Student Should Watch

Gearing up for MBA applications?

If you are in that boat, or you are an older MBA grad or (almost) grad...here are 10 movies that you need to watch.

While, you might not have tons of time to actually watch all these flicks, every so often, you'll need a break. And these movies will help you learn, while you are having some "down time".

10. Back to School 

Why it's an MBA Must:
This is a fun movie that explores the fun side of going to college. While getting your MBA won't be a walk in the park, it's fun to go back at look at the fun that you probably won't  be having.

9. Wall Street 

Why it's an MBA Must:
This movie explores how people react to power. As a new MBA, you need to understand how normal humans react to power.

8. Boiler Room

Why it's an MBA Must:
Want to get an insider of the life of a trader? This is the perfect flick. (Also if you love Ben Affleck)

7. The Insider 

Why it's an MBA Must:
This movie is all about business ethics. Absolutely critical for all those business types.

6. Tucker: A Man and His Dream 

Why it's an MBA Must:
Full of the entrepreneur good stuff, this movie is for all the MBAs that want to create their own business.

5. Office Space

Why it's an MBA Must:
It's hilarious. Sometimes (well, most of the time) you will have to work in groups. This movie is the funny side of office life.

4. Glengarry Glen Ross

Why it's an MBA Must:
This movie will help any MBA interested in selling--anything!

3. Smartest Guys in the Room

Why it's an MBA Must:
Business ethics are extremely important--even if you don't think so. This film will remind you how it can turn out.

2. Citizen Kane 

Why it's an MBA Must:
Other than the fact that this is movie magic (one of the first films ever made) this provides a look into falling down a path of greed and power.

1. It's a Wonderful Life 

Why it's an MBA Must:
As an MBA, it can be easy to get lost in money and power. This movie will help you take a step back and appreciate what really matters.



There you go! Have any others that you'd like to add to the list?

How to Write a Bio in Less than 5 Minutes: 5 Easy Steps

At work, I've been putting it the the grind--and really busting my butt to keep up with all the work that we've had lately. It's been great; I'm busy as a bee!

We got an assignment from one of the other "managers", the other day, and he asked us to all write bios about ourselves. I love bragging about myself (#humble), but maybe that's because I have to come up with engaging copy all day long.

Wolverine is a PRO Bio writer. 

Enough about that though.

As soon as I got the assignment, I busted it out in under 5 minutes. Too good to be true? NO. You can do it too! 

I sent it off to my team, and they fell in love.

So here are 5 tips to help you write your own bio in less than 5 minutes. 

1. Know yourself (or whoever you are writing the bio for). It's pretty hard to write a bio if you know nothing about someone. However, when you write it, you want to assume that the people reading the bio know nothing about the person they are reading about. Have a long bullet list of accomplishments you want to highlight about yourself/someone else so you can quickly scan through it to pick and choose.

2. Know your audience. There are three different types of bios, so it is important for you to know who this is for. There are school/personal bios, professional bios, and dating bios.

• School/personal bios are probably the ones that really depend on what you are looking for. Include a fair amount of work and personal accomplishments. 
• Professional bios should be the most "serious". However, if you are writing a professional bio for an application, it should differ from the one that will be used for the company website. An application bio should highlight all work accomplishments, with a touch of humor. Depending on your company, you could have a really funny bio, or something that is more toned down. 
• Dating bios should be fun and engaging. You are creating a bio that will attract someone to you. Work accomplishments should be kept to a minimum. 

Try to avoid creepy pictures like this for your bio. 

3. Include personal, humanizing details. People are reading a bio to get to know you! Talk about something that is personal, yet could help people connect to you. An avid baker? Talk about how no one can replicate your raspberry cupcakes. Love to walk Fido? Mention long walks with him! People will love getting to know you. Trust me!

4. Narrow it down. I know you are an awesome human being, but you can't include everything you've done in your life in a short bio. Keep it light and fresh, and keep your accomplishments general.

5. Aim for 100-200 words. We aren't writing a novel here people. Include just enough to give people a teaser, and leave them wanting more.


Here's an example of what I did:

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So there you have it! Go forth and create awesome bios!



*The reason I did a screenshot  is because I don't know exactly where this is going to end up, and I don't want to discredit the awesomeness of the original word (aka--reuse it and have in penalize wherever it's going) so that's why you guys get a screen shot. 

How to Write a Great Article, Blog, Or Anything

How to Write a Great Article/Blog/Anything

1.      The title is everything.

10 Tips to Saving Money vs.

Get the Car of Your Dreams: 10 Easy Ways to Save the Dough

Now, which one would you rather read?

2.       Start with an AGD.

What is an AGD? It stands for attention grabbing device. This can be a quick story, a question, a statistic, really anything that will grab the attention of the audience.

“Over 75% of Americans wished that they saved more money for their car. Do you want to become part of that statistic?”

3.       Make a list. “Here are 10 ways for you to save money on car insurance, etc” . For internet readers, it is easier to scan and read quickly.

4.      Wrap it up. After you’ve given all those life-changing tips, you can easily wrap up the article. “Now with these 10 tips, you will be able to save you money for that awesome car you’ve always wanted.”

 

Fall 2013: My Professors are GRU!

Welcome to Fall! Where the leaves are crisp, and all I want to do is make something with Pumpkin Spice in it. Oh, and school has started again! 

We have two classes this semester: Business Research and Operations Management. 

The first, Business Research, is taught by Dr. Larry L. Carter. He's a 5th degree black belt in Kajunkenbo. If you think that sounds like someone just sneezed when they were saying Karate...you'd be right. It's a mix of Karate, Judo, Boxing, Jujitsu, and Kung Fu. He told us he was assigned to teach our class 6 weeks before the semester. No worries, he's young, and he's probably going to be a total push over. Just a chance to work on people skills. #amiright

Also, he has a prominent uni-brow. 

The second, Operations Management, is taught by Dr. Cenk Çalışkan. Oh yeah, he totally has an Eastern Slavic accent. No joke. I can't even say his name. But he has the most charming accent, and no one has idea what he is saying. Good thing this class has tons of math stuff in it. 

Also, he has hair so beautiful, I have made it my mission this semester to find out if it is a wig. 

I am excited about classes this semester, because I think I will actually stay awake, and I really want to learn more about Operations Management. 

So you put uni-brow and Slavic accent together, and what do you get? 

FREAKING GRU. FROM Despicable Me. 

                                 

This is when I realized that my professors are pretty much Gru: 

Whadditity eeeep eeep ooo?

              

How the Times Have Changed...

Remember when Wi-Fi had  no meaning, tweets were the sounds birds made, and bling didn't exist? It's weird to think how vocabulary has changed even from when I was an undergrad to now...

Hey. I'm Not Dead

After a long hiatus, I promise I'm back.

It's been a whirlwind of classes, work, and living life. Not to mention, we just went on a 2 week vacation. It was bliss--the kind of bliss where you are sippin' Pina Coladas (virgin--thank you very much) and enjoying the hot Caribbean sun. Not to rub it in or anything.

Anywoo. We are almost done with a year of our MBA madness here at UVU, and we have one class right now. Wow. Words really cannot describe. But a video can:

Ps, I just uploaded this to YouTube from my iPhone. In less than 20 seconds. Go modern technology. 

Anyways. This professor could  make anything seems like the most boring subject on the face of this earth. He even told us about how one time he had a stroke, and his face was paralyzed, and he still managed to make people fall asleep. I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU MAKE HAVING A STROKE BORING?! This man can. 

Not to mention that he has kept the class past 8:50 pm a variety of times. I don't put up with that nonsense, I usually leave halfway through class--only because I don't want my teammates to murder me. The worst part is that he is so boring that its even hard to do other things. I literally sit in a stupor of thought for 3 hours. 

And don't even get me started with his assignments. Which were created when the internet was created, and Al Gore was the only person using it. (and I bet Professor Tuesday*--since he knows anyone and everyone that has ever been important)

#welcometoMGMT6900

#2.5hournaps

#itakevideosbecauseiamsobored

*Professor Tuesday is a whole 'nother post. Let's just say, that man led an adventurous life. I often wondered if he was on crack and hallucinated every encounter he's ever had.  

Please Gouge My Eyes Out: Dress Code 101

Oh m gee you guys.
OH MY GOSH.
WHOA NELLY.

Let me stop you right there.
Goodness.

Now that's all out of the way, let me explain why I am so altered.

Work guys. Where I work is awesome, don't get me wrong. But the dress code is to die for. And not in a good way.

Shorts with plaid shirts, calf-high socks, white socks with skirts, too much skin, not enough skin, it's bad. It's the type of bad where you see people walk in, and you think "did you get dressed in the dark?"

It's to the point where I want to just submit all my office to What Not to Wear. I think they could make it.
I could just imagine Clint & Kelly crying over the things they found in their closets.

That's not really the point though.

My point is dress codes.

Why is a dress code important? 
Why should you follow a dress code? 

Dress codes are important because they:

• Let you know what is appropriate for work
• Set the tone for where you work 
• It's professional 

Why you should follow the dress code: 

• It's an excuse for a shopping spree
• Show you are serious about your job
• You won't have to worry about standing out

A dress code is something to help you in your job, it is never created to make your life miserable. 

I know that when I dress up for my office, I always feel much better about myself, and I work even harder. 

What are some examples of rules of dress code that you hate? 

We Kind of Got Ripped a New One...And How to Analyze a Case Study

Enter marketing class number dos.

You guys.
This professor is legit.

As in, he's BYU caliber.
I don't know if it is because he is one of the best professors we've had (or we've gotten used to mediocre professors--either way) He's great.

He also told us that UVU is going to be offering a full-time program in 2014, which is think is awesome! I am just jealous, because I wish I could have been a part of it :)

Well, this is the real reason I am writing this post: we totally got ripped a new one in class last night. Mostly because MP (marketing professor as he will be referred to now on), started calling on people that didn't have their name tags on them. He's really keen on learning our names, so as punishment, he called on people that didn't have their name tags.

Guys, it was painful. The first guy he picked on was totally under-prepared--more like deer in the headlights. Almost like he was taking out teeth. I was the third person he called on (after the 2nd weirdo proclaimed he didn't have the time/funds to read it). I had actually read and analyzed this case because I thought it was an interesting. (Starbucks case).

(HUMBLE BRAG ALERT).

After a couple of painful minutes, MP asked the class if we had actually been taught how to analyze case studies. Guess who didn't? Our cohort. (Though, I don't really know how hard it is to read something, internalize it, and form an opinion--maybe cause I am a history major. And we do that stuff all the time).

Here are 8 tips we got from MP:

1. Investigate. Learn about the company that the case study is on. 
2. Identify. Find the strengths and weaknesses of the company. 
3. Gather. Find the information on the external environment (competition within the industry/bargaining power/substitute products) 
4. Analyze. Evaluate what you have found in steps 2 & 3. And then analyze those. 
5. Identify. Find the strategy of the corporation. 
6. Identify. Find the business level strategy. 
7. Analyze. Look into what the company is  using to implement business strategies. 
8. Recommend. Make a recommendation of what YOU think is best for the company. 

When you dive into case studies, it is imperative you know the case pretty well. Even googling it if you need a quick refresher is a good idea. It also is a good idea to be analytical, MP kept asked questions that we hadn't even thought of because we were being way more descriptive than analytic. 

No matter what MBA program you are in, they are always the bread and butter of each program. 

Good luck on case studies :) 

New Semester. New Plans. Jumbled Thoughts.

We just had our first summer block yesterday.

Let me tell you.

I AM STOKED for this class.

This is probably the first class that I have been actively engaged in all year.

Maybe because it is marketing.
Maybe because the professor is coherent.
Maybe because I had a two week break from all the madness.


Maybe because I am in love with marketing.

As we sat in class with all the humble braggers, I kid you not, one kid rudely exclaimed, "Well, I know I could have gotten into BYU..." Okay. Well that's cool.

Listen, I am not all about the "humble" braggers that my group so fondly likes refer to them as. One of the reasons that I've had such a hard time with the MBA program, is that is seems that everyone is out to prove how good they are. Honestly, I don't care who you talked with, or what company you could have been working for. All I am interested in is your ideas. All I want to get from my MBA is insight, knowledge, and the confidence to blaze new trails.

I'm all about this quote right now:

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. – Nolan Bushnell

Until next post.

Powerpoint Tips for MBA Students

We've been having a party over here at the UVU MBA program, which is the reason why I haven't been posting as much. We are taking two classes this semester, Ethical Leadership and IT Management.  So far, these classes have been the bomb.*

In all MBA programs, you will be subjected to presenting with power-points. Power-points can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. If you are looking to make your powerpoint presentation the best it can be, do not use these tips. (For your sake, and your classmate's sake...)

• Memes, memes all around: If you power point is devoid of a meme, you shouldn't even call it a power point. Go home. Find a meme, then you can actually be ready to present your power point. 

• Beautiful slide introductions: By all means, your power point better have those extremely awesome and cool introductions where the words bounce around the screen, or do some totally legit 

• Fancy, schmancy pics: Make sure that your background pic of the slides is the coolest (and most obnoxious) pic that you can find on the internet. It will be sure to make your power point shine. 
• Have one person dress up. Just one. Every one else should come in their sleepwear. Let's just make them stick out like a sore thumb! 
• Comic sans is king. Like really. This is the preferred font of MBA students at UVU. Forreals. 

• Wrap it up with: "That was it....", and look at the audience as if you are challenging them to ask a question. 

Sometimes this is how I feel after power point presentations: 

Please professionals, students, and especially MBA students, make your presentations better. Here's a beautiful little article from INC. on really making a powerpoint shine. 

*Satire or real? You be the judge. 

"Cheating" in Ethics #win?

Welcome to the second semester of UVU MBA.

We are sitting in our ethics class right now...

We may or may not have cheated on our first ethics group project.
#win
#mba
#yousnoozeyoulose
#winning
#smarterthanothergroups
#ethicssucks
#challengerexplosion

We just had our first assignment in ethics class. Entitled the Carter Racing case, we were instructed to choose whether or not to race a vehicle.

The first thing the professor told us, "Don't look up the case online". Shoot.

I already had.

I'm not gonna spoil the surprise fer ya MBA hopefuls out there, so you are going to have to wait your pretty little heads for it.

Here's to a great semester, no Dick, and no long cases (oh wait)...

But reading a comic book and talking about how to always "be the good guy", all I can say is this semester is gonna be a trip.

Ps, the professor just referred to one of our textbooks as a "door stop".
#promising
#UVUMBA

You already know this, but you don't know the formula

Uh...finance.
Yeeeah, I'm pretty sure I just don't know what you are talking about.

It's World War Three Over Here, and There Ain't No Allies

As the dust cleared, Jana* hammered the keyboard. Left, right, hack, space space space. 

"He thinks I do this?"
"Well, he's a no-good-useless-...."

Meanwhile miles away, in the good city of Konrad-vill, Lord Konrad* fumed as he glared at the white screen.

"How dare that mother--"
"She had no idea that..."

As the rest of the kingdom in MBAlandia** geared up for the ensuing battles, many were armed with well placed jabs, concrete insults, and steely looks that would stop opponents in their tracks.

For the MBA students had started what was called a "group evaluation" project for their Management class, and to say that blood will be spilled, will be the understatement of any of the MBA students' history.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
While this tale may seem like a silly fairytale to you, I assure you good reader, it is not.
This is real life.

As the semester draws to a close, we are faced with looming projects, and our stress mounts.

Our group has been nothing short of dysfunctional. Nearly every conversation we have, there is the feeling of near murder in the air. If we come out of this program without becoming serial killers or murders, I would say we were successful.

While there is tons of research to say why groups are great for learning, and I found some gems I just couldn't help but sharing:

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”

Touching really. 

“The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side”

Someone on your side that you wish would just shut up. 

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.”

Aw Babe (Ruth)... 

Learning to manage groups may be the bane of every person's existence, but from all the reading I've done, it seems if you can get groups to work, it can really be beneficial. Here's to two more weeks before Christmas, and to all MBA students:

Fight on, fight the good fight.

Getting all riled up may seem like a good idea at the time, but take a deep breath and remember your group is working toward the same goal: getting an A. Remember that, and the feeling of strangling your team member just might dissipate.***



MBA students or professionals, what ways have you dealt with a group that annoyed you to no end?

*names have been changed for security purposes
**Although not real in life, MBAlandia is real in every MBA student's heart
***Not a guarantee 

What I Learned at The MBA Consortium Networking Event

Last week, I attended the MBA Consortium (hosted by U of U)--by the way, you can totally say that in a British accent to make yourself sound totally awesome. Besides from being completely disappointed that it was in Layton (over an hour away) and that they didn't even offer my husband a discounted rate to attend (I dragged him to it because I didn't want to drive alone), I did take away some pretty interesting things.

1. I am not completely worthless. Okay, before anyone freaks out about how I don't value myself, what I mean, is that my major or what I do, is valued by employers.
2. Idle talk is not my strong point (but I am getting better).
3. I need better one-liners.
4. I need to figure out how to approach people cold turkey.
5. I need to figure out how to sneakily sneak my business card into the potential employers hand. 

On that note: 

Want to see my business card? 

Here it is in all it's glory...

Cute huh?

If any of you are interested in business cards, I can design them for the cheap. 

I have lots of design experience (after all, it is my hobby) and would love to extend my services to you. 

Overall, I enjoyed myself at the networking event. I do wish that I was better prepared through UVU, and understand how/why networking events are valuable.

However, the conversation was good, I felt extremely confident, and the cupcakes were rather delicious. I took 4 or 5 of them to my awesome husband who was waiting in the car. 

Thankful for ...

As the Thanksgiving holiday draws near, I have been thinking about the things I have been so blessed with.

Being an MBA student this year is nothing short of amazing for me. While I feel I may have started waining in my interested in the program, coupled with the fact that I was searching for a job, I felt no gratitude. All I could think was, "Why is this happening to me?"

However, just a few weeks later (and right before the holiday season), I got an amazing job offer, and my whole mentality changed.

This Thanksgiving, I am completely grateful for all that I have.
I am thankful for my new job, and how little time it took to find it.
I am thankful for my MBA program and the opportunities that await me.
I am thankful for my cohort group that inspire me to do better.


What are you thankful for?

8 Ways to Deal with a Disgruntled Interviewer

Originally posted here: (Enjoy!)

Wow, am I fuming. 

I went to a job interview today. 

I was pretty stoked for it. 

And I know I'm breaking the cardinal rule, the rule where you aren't supposed to post about interviews or whatnot, but I don't really care. 

I was pretty nervous about this interview mostly because time's a tickin' and I still don't have a job. 

As soon as I sat down in the interview, the interviewee takes a look at my resume. 

"Ah, I see you went to BYU, good.
UVU MBA...hmmm...isn't that a step down?"

Umm...

"Why isn't your GPA listed?"
Maybe because I've been working for two years...

"I've seen your writing, and it's good. But I just don't see that you are an organized person."
Well gee thanks. Do I look like a SLOB?

This interview was not going as planned, and I was slowly losing control. Okay, more like, I was speeding towards a brick wall, and there was no where I could veer off to. Have you ever had the displeasure of having an interview where the person just automatically hates you? And they just want to make your whole interview miserable? Been there, done that. Here are 8 ways to deal with a disgruntled interviewer that just wants you to be as unpleasant as them. 

1. Stand your ground. Don't let the interviewer get their way. If they say something that isn't right, correct them, but be polite. 
2. Smile. As much as I wanted to kill this interviewer, I smiled at what he had to say and I {tried} not to let it get to me. {Since I'm blogging about it, it's pretty obvious it did get to me}
3. Laugh. Try to have a good time with the interviewer. Who knows, maybe they will like you, but they are having a crappy day. 
4. Explain yourself. Though it might be tempting to breeze over small things an interviewer asks, make sure you are through and they understand you. 
5. Don't snap. Although it can be very frustrating, never snap at the interviewer. It shows that they have the upper hand. Be the better person. 
6. Don't show fear. Interviewers are like dogs, they can smell fear. Don't give them the satisfaction of knowing they have scared you. 
7. Be prepared. One of my mistakes was that I didn't research the company as throughly as I usually do. I will admit that there were questions that I was prepared for, but there were also some that I should have been prepared for that I wasn't. Always, always do your homework when it comes to interviews. 
8. Get out of there as fast as possible. Once the interview has concluded, get out of there. The interviewer clearly doesn't want anything to do with you, but you never know, maybe they hated other applicants even more. Exit quickly, but don't forget to be courteous. 

Yeeesh. What an interview. Get me out of there! :)

What to Wear for the Interview | The 5 Golden Questions (Fall Edition)

So you've sent out your resume, and you've got a call back for the interview. Congrats by the way! Now that you've got that down, the next thing is: what to wear? If you were a guy, you'd just throw on a button up shirt and some nice slacks and you are good to go. However, for women, there are literally thousands of options for what you can wear for an interview. There is casual dress, semi-casual dress, business professional dress, semi-professional...the list, and the clothing options gets longer and longer...

So where to start?

Ask yourself these 5 golden questions:

1. What type of business are you interviewing at?

The place you are interviewing at are going to have completely different feels to them. Goldman Sachs will  have an entirely different feel than Google. Take this into account when you are interviewing. When I interviewed at a recent startup, they were surprised at the fact that I dressed up, and I decided I wanted to work somewhere with more of a dress code. 

2. Did the person on the phone tell me how to dress?

Often HR can give you some tips when they are setting up an interview with you. Sometimes people forget to ask how to dress because they are so excited to interview, that they forget to ask key questions. 

3. What will the weather be like for the day of my interview?

You might not even think about this until you are stepping out of the door, but the weather can greatly impact what you will wear for a job interview. For fall, you might favor tights over longer skirts. 

4. How long will this interview be?

What you wear can depend on how lengthy your interview will be. You might want to skip on the heels or that uncomfortable button up shirt if you will be interviewing all day. 

5. Would I feel comfortable going to church in this? 

This is for my readers that are LDS or of any kind of faith. The LDS church advocates modesty, and often, many people do not think about if an outfit is modest or not, This is important for any woman, because you want to know you got a job because of your qualifications and not because of how short your skirt was.