{"id":669,"date":"2011-08-23T04:44:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T08:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2011-08-19T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T13:08:00","slug":"should-women-wear-engagement-rings-to-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/should-women-wear-engagement-rings-to-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Women Wear Engagement Rings to Interviews?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/should-women-wear-engagement-rings-to-interviews\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/katherine-bindley\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Bindley<\/a>\u2019s post \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/katherine-bindley\/interviewing-should-you-take-the-ring-off_b_930242.html?view=screen\" target=\"_blank\">Should Women Wear Engagement Rings to Interviews?\u201d <\/a>\u00a0she\u00a0explores an interesting question.\u00a0 She addresses\u00a0elements of interviews and\/or negotiations that I still find many people don\u2019t think through completely \u2013 the perception of others.\u00a0 What others think is their reality and it counts!<\/p>\n<p>Everyone (recruiters, career coaches, hiring managers) I know will tell you eliminate distractions and sending the wrong message during interviews and negotiations.\u00a0 I agree.\u00a0 One of the best ways to avoid sending the wrong message is to be very clear about your message and to be on brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0When you take the time to identify, clarify and communicate your brand you create solid ways to leverage what sets you apart from the crowd and your unique value.\u00a0 It is one of the best ways to avoid and eliminate distractions.<\/p>\n<p>You may never change the perception of others.\u00a0 However, a strong personal brand will draw your brand audience and those who value your unique value to you.<\/p>\n<p>Your strong personal brand will help you leverage your strengths; align your values, goals and vision.\u00a0 A strong personal brand will help you dliminate distractions.<\/p>\n<p>Also with a strong personal brand you will not find yourself asking the question \u2013 Should I wear ___&lt;you fill in the blank&gt; ___?\u00a0 &#8230;\u00a0before an interview, negotiation, or performance evaluation again.\u00a0 Instead you will prepare with confidence and a smile knowing what you wear is on brand and helps to send your message without distraction.\u00a0 You will also give the interviewer and the world what is exclusively yours to give.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have questions or comments?\u00a0 Post them below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Katherine Bindley\u2019s post \u201cShould Women Wear Engagement Rings to Interviews?\u201d \u00a0she\u00a0explores an interesting question.\u00a0 She addresses\u00a0elements of interviews and\/or negotiations that I still find many people don\u2019t think through completely \u2013 the perception of others.\u00a0 What others think is their reality and it counts! Everyone (recruiters, career coaches, hiring managers) I know will tell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22],"tags":[9,37,36,10,35,27,38],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search-focus","category-personal-branding","tag-accelerate-your-search","tag-interviewing","tag-job-interviews","tag-job-search","tag-katherine-bindley","tag-personal-branding-2","tag-what-to-wear-to-an-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}