{"id":2412,"date":"2026-04-09T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:39:18","slug":"dress-for-success-wardrobe-launches-this-summer-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/04\/09\/dress-for-success-wardrobe-launches-this-summer-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Dress for Success Wardrobe Launches this Summer Term!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Preparing for an interview? <\/strong>We\u2019ve got you covered\u2014from head to toe.<\/p>\n<p>The Careers and Employability Service have partnered with Parky\u2019s Preloved Charity Shop which supports the Parkinson\u2019s Centre for Integrated Therapy, to offer free professional clothing for students with our new <a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/dress-for-success-wardrobe\"><em>Dress for Success Wardrobe<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of appropriate workwear can be a real barrier when securing work, so this initiative helps to ensure everyone has the opportunity to have access to professional workwear. Whether you have an interview coming up, are attending a careers networking event or completing some work experience, we can help to get you work ready!<\/p>\n<p>The Wardrobe is open to all students to access, and you can choose <strong>up to 4 items<\/strong> of clothing, to either keep or return, to be used by other students.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc54<strong> What\u2019s available<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Blazers &amp; suit jackets<br \/>\n\u2022 Shirts and smart tops<br \/>\n\u2022 Dresses &amp; skirts<br \/>\n\u2022 Smart trousers<br \/>\n\u2022 Professional shoes<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcbc<strong> Who is it for?<\/strong><br \/>\nAll Kent students preparing for:<br \/>\n\u2022 Job interviews<br \/>\n\u2022 Work experience<br \/>\n\u2022 Career fairs &amp; networking events<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it work?<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.kent.ac.uk\/leap\/event.html?id=18938&amp;service=Careers+Service\">Book a 30-minute slot<\/a> via the Careers Hub (careers.kent.ac.uk), slots are available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12pm \u2013 2pm in term-time. Slots are limited to 2x people maximum.<\/p>\n<p>Find us at the Careers and Employability Service, Rutherford Extension &#8211; come to reception and a Global Officer will meet you there.<\/p>\n<p>Choose up to 4 items (no more than one item per category e.g. one top, one jacket) from the wardrobe to take away for free!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations welcome<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you have any professional wear you no longer need, please drop it by the Careers and Employability Service reception, Rutherford Extension, between 10am \u2013 4pm Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing for an interview? We\u2019ve got you covered\u2014from head to toe. The Careers and Employability Service have partnered with Parky\u2019s Preloved Charity Shop which supports &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/04\/09\/dress-for-success-wardrobe-launches-this-summer-term\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40175,"featured_media":2413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,223276],"tags":[9658],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions\/2433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}