Can Army wear uniform to job interviews?
10-11-2014, 05:48 AM
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Can Army wear uniform to job interviews?
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Are soldiers allowed to attend job interviews in uniform? Other than the fact that almost every time I had to administratively deal with the Army I thought to myself, "that was stupid", I have very little expertise with USA regulations.
Are soldiers allowed to attend job interviews in uniform? Other than the fact that almost every time I had to administratively deal with the Army I thought to myself, "that was stupid", I have very little expertise with USA regulations.
10-11-2014, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeF16
Are soldiers allowed to attend job interviews in uniform?
This is not a commercial activity, ie not public advertising.
That said it's always best to wear civilian attire to a civilian job interview to show that you're interested in fitting in.
10-11-2014, 10:38 AM
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I decided to look it up myself. This is per AR 670-1, paragraph 3-7:
k. Wearing Army uniforms is prohibited in the following situations:
(1) In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interests, or when engaged in off-duty civilian employment.
I would consider job hunting "commercial interest" or "engaged in off-duty civilian employment", or at least close enough to make it an extremely bad idea. Since Fox and CNN are always selling slant and refuse to publish unbiased news, I have no idea what really happened, but I'll at least guess that there's another side to this story that we'll probably never hear.
k. Wearing Army uniforms is prohibited in the following situations:
(1) In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interests, or when engaged in off-duty civilian employment.
I would consider job hunting "commercial interest" or "engaged in off-duty civilian employment", or at least close enough to make it an extremely bad idea. Since Fox and CNN are always selling slant and refuse to publish unbiased news, I have no idea what really happened, but I'll at least guess that there's another side to this story that we'll probably never hear.
10-11-2014, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeF16
I decided to look it up myself. This is per AR 670-1, paragraph 3-7:
k. Wearing Army uniforms is prohibited in the following situations:
(1) In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interests, or when engaged in off-duty civilian employment.
I would consider job hunting "commercial interest" or "engaged in off-duty civilian employment", or at least close enough to make it an extremely bad idea.
k. Wearing Army uniforms is prohibited in the following situations:
(1) In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interests, or when engaged in off-duty civilian employment.
I would consider job hunting "commercial interest" or "engaged in off-duty civilian employment", or at least close enough to make it an extremely bad idea.
10-11-2014, 12:03 PM
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Having both served in the AF and been a civilian interviewer at corporate department, I would call this bad judgement. The individual's resume/application speaks to military service, wearing a uniform shouts, "look at me, I'm military" and would led me to think you are not giving up those habits to fit into a civilian career. Neither thought conducive to hiring.
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10-12-2014, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bababouey
Why on earth would you fly in uniform off duty? He was just looking for attention. I've never worn my blues unless I had to, and certainly not to a civilian interview.
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10-12-2014, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kme9418
Whenever I see dudes flying in uniform (yes, I'm in the Air Force), I think to myself: a. you make enough to buy your own clothes, b: you are doing it for attention, early boarding, and a charity upgrade to first class and c: tool of the day.
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10-12-2014, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Hrkdrivr
Sometimes it's: D: traveling on military orders and they're required to be in uniform.
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