“Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have” is an employment adage. However, if one wants to become a police officer, then impersonating a police officer is a criminal offense.
   
“People will tell you, ‘Dress for the job you want’…what they fail to mention is that sometimes it’s called, ‘Impersonating a police officer’” was posted on Twitter on April 12, 2010. “‘Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have’ is terrible advice if you want to be a police officer. Or a stripper” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on December 9, 2015.
     
     
Twitter
Dana Sciandra
@stimboredom
People will tell you, “Dress for the job you want”…what they fail to mention is that sometimes it’s called, “Impersonating a police officer”
2:41 PM - 12 Apr 2010
 
Twitter
Nathan Empsall
@NathanEmpsall
If you dress for the job you want, not the job you have, you might be arrested for impersonating a police officer. cc @badbanana
9:55 AM - 5 Dec 2011
   
Twitter
Tim Kish
@kimtish
“Dress for the job you want” doesn’t really work when you want to be a police officer.
11:23 AM - 2 Feb 2012
 
Twitter
Mr. Butter Chicken
@MrButterChicken
It turns out that the maxim “Dress For The Job You Want” doesn’t work. I’ve been charged with impersonating a police officer.
6:51 AM - 5 Mar 2012
 
Twitter
Nick Martinello
@NickMartinello
They say to dress for the job you want not the one you have. Last time I tried that I got arrested for impersonating a police officer.
4:38 PM - 2 Jan 2014
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
“Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have” is terrible advice if you want to be a police officer. Or a stripper.
submitted December 9, 2015 by Oafah
     
Twitter
Übermensch
@Vulgar_Swami
“They say you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” -me, on trial for impersonating a police officer
8:45 PM - 15 Mar 2017
 
Twitter
Shower Thoughts
@atshower
“Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” Unless you want to join the police or the military. Then it’s a felony.
11:49 AM - 26 Jun 2017
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
‘Dress for the job that you want’ is bad advice for aspiring police officers
submitted March 2, 2018 by HumanityZero
COMMENTS
7heavenlyvirtues
It’s a bad advise in general. Applies only when you’re going to a job interview.
No one is gonna come up to you on the street and offer you a job, just because you’re a construction worker wearing business attire in your free time