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You Look Terrible: How NOT to Dress for a Job Interview

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A former fashion writer for Self, Mademoiselle and The New York Times, Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. candidate Deirdre Clemente's two-part lecture mixes history and humor to assist students in making a strong first impression on employers. She begins with a short presentation on how college students' leisure-focused lifestyle spawned such trends as tennis shoes, jeans, sports coats and khaki pants, and then examines the "seven deadly sins" college students should avoid when dressing for a job interview.

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