Recently, career services professionals in the NACE Community discussed how they fill their career clothes closets and maintain them for students. Most of the clothes mentioned were donated by faculty, staff, and community members. Many offer the clothes to students on loan and require the clothes be dry cleaned before being returned. Others give students the clothing to keep.
How each operates the clothing closet, however, varies widely and offers ideas for career centers looking to open a career clothing closet. Here are some of their thoughts: