Professional Appearance Presentation - what are considered professional

Purdue Global University Professional Appearance Presentation

You will complete a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation that explains what are considered professional and unprofessional attire and behaviors for your chosen career. The presentation will also include information regarding best practices for other factors related to physical appearance and behaviors (hairstyles, tattoos, accessories, jewelry, piercings, communication, attitude, etc.). The presentation will demonstrate the importance of managing your professional image for career success. It will cover specific practices regarded as essential for professionals in your career.

The PowerPoint presentation must include:

A title slide that includes the chosen career, your name, and class/section number

5-8 content slides that include:

• Explanations of 50–100 words in the speaker notes section for all slides
• In-text citations, in the current APA format, located in the speaker notes for all slides

Two examples (including two images) of unprofessional attire and reasoning as to why they are unprofessional in your chosen career

• Two examples (including two images) of professional attire and reasoning as to the importance of maintaining professional attire in your chosen career
• Two examples (including two images) of unprofessional behaviors and reasoning as to why they are unprofessional in your chosen career
• Two examples (including two images) of professional behaviors and reasoning as to the importance of maintaining professional behaviors in your chosen career
• Two examples (including two images) of best practices for other factors related to appearance and behaviors (such as hairstyles, tattoos, accessories, jewelry, piercings, communication, attitude, etc.) and reasoning as to why they should be best practices in your chosen career