Often attendance at on-campus employer events and most certainly career fairs require Business Students to "dress the part". 

 

The three most common types of dress code required for professional and career events include: Professional Dress, Business Casual and Campus Casual. Read on to Learn more about each.

 

1. Professional Dress

Business professional attire is the most conservative type of business wear.  It’s what you’ll be expected to wear in the office if you work in accounting, finance, or other conservative industries (or if you just have a really conservative boss!)  For women, this means a business suit or pants suit, or dress and jacket.  For men, professional dress means a business suit or a blazer, dress pants and a tie. Business Professional is also the required dress code for career fairs and job and internship interviews.

 

2. Business Casual

Business casual attire is a more relaxed version of “Professional Dress”, but it doesn’t mean you’re actually going to be “casual”!  This is likely going to be your office dress code if you work in a semi-conservative workplace, but some interviews and events may also call for business casual.  Basically, business casual is a shirt with a collar and/or a sweater, khakis or dress pants, and nice shoes for women. Women can also sometimes wear a moderate-length dress or skirt (read: knee-length or longer!).  For men, business casual is a polo shirt or shirt with a collar and/or sweater, khakis or dress pants and dress shoes. No tie is required. Also, note that Business casual does NOT include jeans, leggings, work out attire, over the knee boots, or items that you would usually wear during a weekend out with friends

 

3. Campus Casual

Campus casual is what you probably won’t be wearing to work.  This is the technical term for what you’re probably wearing every day – jeans, tee shirts, flip flops, sneakers. In general, you probably want to stay away from this in the workplace and err towards more conservative stuff.