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Seeing how I’m now a full time worker, one thing that I have to somewhat concern myself with is work clothes. Gone are the days where I can wear shorts or sandals. No more being able to wear clothes with holes in them. However, seeing how I work at a place that is pretty laid back, business attire isn’t something that’s too important for me. I still can’t wear shorts/sandals, but I can wear jeans to work everyday if I wanted. So I figured I’d write a post about choosing your future profession based upon what you have to wear to work.

If you want to be able to keep wearing jeans to work, the profession for you to start preparing for will most likely have to be related to engineering or the sciences. I’m discounting places like restaurants where you might be able to get away with wearing jeans. The only places I know of that allow their full time workers to wear jeans to work other than “Casual Fridays” are places that employ large amounts of engineers or scientists. These companies care more about their employees brains, than how they look.

If you want like dressing up, but not having to get too dressed up like being able to wear khakis, then you’ll most likely want to prepare for a job that can range from science/engineering to business. While this may still fall mostly on the science/engineering side of things, some business companies allow their employees to dress in what should be considered “business casual.” This is basically your typical khakis, collar type outfits, but not as nice as suits. You’ll find fewer companies on the business side that will allow you to dress this casual since most companies will want to have a very professional appearence.

If you’re the type that likes to go all out and always be dressed up, then you’ll most likely want a job on the business side of things. Appearence can be everything in business, so looking professional is very important, especially when you have clients. These companies will almost never allow their employees to wear jeans to work, and some won’t even allow khakis or pants for women. In these places, it’s strictly suits and shirt/tie. You’ll almost never find an engineering firm having their employees wear suits to work everyday.

The final type of dress code would be the uniform. If you really like to look like everyone else that you’re around as far as clothing is concerned, then the profession you’ll want to go towards may be places such as medicine (doctor coats), police/firemen, or some retail sales companies. These places want their employees to look a certain way and dress a certain way, hence the uniform. You won’t be able to really stand out when with fellow employees since everyone is wearing the same thing.

Fortunately for me, I could wear jeans to work everyday if I wanted, whereas Mitchell isn’t allowed to wear jeans even though we both work as engineers. Companies will have their own guidelines, but typically certain types of companies will allow their employees to wear certain types of clothing. So for those of you wondering about dress code, and still haven’t gone to college or have just started their college careers, plan now into what major you should be studying. If you really like to wear suits or shirt/ties everyday, then engineering and science most likely wouldn’t be the major for you. Atleast not till you can move over to the business side of things.