How Hard Is It To Put a Suit On

How Hard Is It To Put a Suit On Last week I had to wear a suit somewhere. I dont remember where, but my 12 year old daughter was pretty impressed that it only took a few minutes to go from yard work clothes to a suit. Her comment gave me pause. She said: Wow, dad, you are really good at putting a suit on. Ive been mulling that comment over since she said it. At first I was like well, Ive been getting dressed by myself for most of my life. And, Ive been wearing a suit (or dress clothes) for as long as I can remember. One of my thoughts was that a suit isnt that much different from normal clothes. You put pants on. You put a belt on. You put a shirt on (buttoning a shirt isnt that much harder than putting a t-shirt on). You put on socks and shoes, and a jacket (not hard to put a jacket on). Oh yeah, you put a tie on, but Ive been tying my own tie for over 30 years. No big deal. Nonetheless, she was impressed. It was either because I did it all in less than five minutes (and my hair is very short, so there wasnt any grooming to do), or because I did it that fast and it looked good. If I asked her to put on a suit it would take longer. She has worn a suit, I think, for a play she was in. Aside from that, I dont think she has ever worn a suit. The steps, the attention to detail, are foreign to her. When I talk to someone who has been in the job search for a few months I can talk about things like networking, coffees, informational interviews, follow-up, etc. and its not a big deal. Okay, most people arent doing, and dont know how to do, informational interviews. But the rest of that stuff is stuff they know how to do. Theyve practiced it. They know whats hard, whats easy, what needs more planning and prep time and what they could wing. They are comfortable with those tasks, and they can do them relatively easily. If I talk to someone who is just starting the job search and talk about anything job-search related, I would get more of the deer in the headlights look. Talk to people? About what??? Go to a networking meeting? Why??? Information interviews? I have no idea how to do that!!! Heres my point. The more you do it, the more you practice it, the better youll get. The easier it will be. The better your results will be. One day, a noob job seeker will say to you, in awe, wow, you do that so well/easily/fast! You are so good at that! Youll get there. Just practice, every day, at this job search thing. It will get easier, and better, and then youll land a job. How Hard Is It To Put a Suit On Last week I had to wear a suit somewhere. I dont remember where, but my 12 year old daughter was pretty impressed that it only took a few minutes to go from yard work clothes to a suit. Her comment gave me pause. She said: Wow, dad, you are really good at putting a suit on. Ive been mulling that comment over since she said it. At first I was like well, Ive been getting dressed by myself for most of my life. And, Ive been wearing a suit (or dress clothes) for as long as I can remember. One of my thoughts was that a suit isnt that much different from normal clothes. You put pants on. You put a belt on. You put a shirt on (buttoning a shirt isnt that much harder than putting a t-shirt on). You put on socks and shoes, and a jacket (not hard to put a jacket on). Oh yeah, you put a tie on, but Ive been tying my own tie for over 30 years. No big deal. Nonetheless, she was impressed. It was either because I did it all in less than five minutes (and my hair is very short, so there wasnt any grooming to do), or because I did it that fast and it looked good. If I asked her to put on a suit it would take longer. She has worn a suit, I think, for a play she was in. Aside from that, I dont think she has ever worn a suit. The steps, the attention to detail, are foreign to her. When I talk to someone who has been in the job search for a few months I can talk about things like networking, coffees, informational interviews, follow-up, etc. and its not a big deal. Okay, most people arent doing, and dont know how to do, informational interviews. But the rest of that stuff is stuff they know how to do. Theyve practiced it. They know whats hard, whats easy, what needs more planning and prep time and what they could wing. They are comfortable with those tasks, and they can do them relatively easily. If I talk to someone who is just starting the job search and talk about anything job-search related, I would get more of the deer in the headlights look. Talk to people? About what??? Go to a networking meeting? Why??? Information interviews? I have no idea how to do that!!! Heres my point. The more you do it, the more you practice it, the better youll get. The easier it will be. The better your results will be. One day, a noob job seeker will say to you, in awe, wow, you do that so well/easily/fast! You are so good at that! Youll get there. Just practice, every day, at this job search thing. It will get easier, and better, and then youll land a job.