What to wear to job interview???

[mountainaireNP]

I admit I'm no slave to fashion. I will likely go to a job interview in another state (soon) and I don't want to blow it. I need some advice. Trying to decide what to wear has me in a tizzy. I'm short and about as wide as I am tall...I like dresses but I cannot wear high heels. I'm at a total loss of how to dress, and I need a lot of help.

This is for the job opening in New Mexico and they will likely want me to fly out there next week. I guess I should hit the Lane Bryant stores?

This is for a mental health position at a hospital. I don't know what the dress code will be but (I'm assuming) dress clothes and a lab coat. I like black because it's not as conspicuous as bright colors but I don't want to look like I'm heading to a funeral, either.

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this but I don't really know where else to go with this right now. I've looked for a job for so long and I finally found some people who are taking me seriously.

My hair...it's short in the back with long bangs that hang in my eyes if I don't pin my bangs back. Should I opt for another hairstyle? Or are pinned back bangs okay?

I'm sorry for all the rambling but I just heard back from the recruiter a couple of hours ago and I'm very excited.

[mountainaireNP]

Well, after 2.5 weeks of being jerked around by this recruiter he sends me an email late the other evening and says, "I'll call you tomorrow, I've got some good news for you." Naturally, I start feeling giddy and my husband and me start looking online at places to rent in New Mexico and I find it hard to sleep that night for being excited....he calls the next day and asks if I want the good news or the bad news first.

This is when I realize I'd been made a fool out of, but I ask for the bad news first.

Naturally, they decided to "move forward" with another applicant.

The "good" news was there was a job opening in Northern California I had absolutely no qualifications for. When I reminded him I was an adult NP he said, "oh, I though you could see children.

I'll never believe another word out of a recruiter's mouth again. This guy blabbed and beat around the bush and wasn't even good at saying a whole lot without saying nothing. Some people are naturally glib and can talk all day without saying anything which is what this guy tried to do but he wasn't even good at it. Yea, I cried a little. Never again.

If I tried to wear any of those outfits I'd look like a round tubby wad of chewed up bubblegum anyway, but they looked nice.

[BlueDevil,DNP, DNP, RN]

Well apparently you don't own anything suitable for a job interview, so IIWY I'd spend some time looking for something appropriate and getting it tailored so that next time you don't have to run around at the last minute. A good tailor will do at least 2 fittings (at least for a man's suit, I don't know about women) and these things take time. Use this time to get prepared.

Did you call the recruiter I referred?

[mountainaireNP]

I actually have the number and want to call Monday. I appreciate the referral.

No, I have absolutely nothing decent for a job interview, and those suits look nice on those women but my chest is disfiguringly large on my small frame, and I still look pregnant with a stomach that hangs. We have a social worker at the hospice agency where I work who always seems to look nice in spite of being about my size so I thought about asking her for some tips.

[futureeastcoastNP]

Well, after 2.5 weeks of being jerked around by this recruiter he sends me an email late the other evening and says, "I'll call you tomorrow, I've got some good news for you." Naturally, I start feeling giddy and my husband and me start looking online at places to rent in New Mexico and I find it hard to sleep that night for being excited....he calls the next day and asks if I want the good news or the bad news first.

This is when I realize I'd been made a fool out of, but I ask for the bad news first.

Naturally, they decided to "move forward" with another applicant.

The "good" news was there was a job opening in Northern California I had absolutely no qualifications for. When I reminded him I was an adult NP he said, "oh, I though you could see children.

I'll never believe another word out of a recruiter's mouth again. This guy blabbed and beat around the bush and wasn't even good at saying a whole lot without saying nothing. Some people are naturally glib and can talk all day without saying anything which is what this guy tried to do but he wasn't even good at it. Yea, I cried a little. Never again.

If I tried to wear any of those outfits I'd look like a round tubby wad of chewed up bubblegum anyway, but they looked nice.

I feel so horrible for your experience. That guys such a jerk.

[mountainaireNP]

Tasha, what website did you find that suit with the colorful shirt?