Part of being professional at work means dressing appropriately. Fortunately wearing respectable clothes doesn't have to cost a lot. But watch out for fashion no-no's. Here are some quick, helpful tips to get you started. Mark Swartz - CareerActivist.com Monster.ca's National Career Coach

1. Employee & Job-Seeker Tip TOP 20 THINGS NOT TO WEAR AT WORK Mark Swartz, Career Coach

2. 1 . FOOTWEAR THAT FIZZLES

4. Flip-flops. Perhaps it’s the incessant clippity clop of sole smacking heel. Or the shameless baring of feet. Either way, flip-flops aren’t actual sandals

7. The same thing you wore the day before. You’re telling your colleagues you didn’t sleep at home last night. Maybe you got lucky, maybe you just couldn’t find your way home. Either way, it’s evident that you didn’t wash your clothes

8. Clothing you obviously slept in. This might be a temptation for new gradsadjusting to life that starts at 8AM. You’re not fooling anybody. And we know you didn’t shower

11. T-shirts with controversial decalsthat make political, religious references or crude jokes. You’re sure to offend somebody

15. Animal print. Let’s play word association! Mrs. Robinson. Office cougar. Or maybe you’re the office shark

16. Negligees. Tops that belong to midnight visits in trench coats can’t do double duty at the office, even tucked under a blazer

19. Jingly jewellery. Your office mates can hear you coming from miles away; you’re interrupting their ability to focus

20. Hood ornaments. Necklace pendants that droop into your cleavage, beckoning the eye to wander dangerously