will shaving off my goatee help with getting a job?

[jonathan_matos5]

im still looking for a job. do you people think my chances of landing a job will increase if i shave?

[i_got_a_mohawk]

If it is tidy it shouldnt make a difference.

Don't know about in the US, but over here the job market is very competative (understatement of the year)!

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk

If it is tidy it shouldnt make a difference.

Don't know about in the US, but over here the job market is very competative (understatement of the year)!

very few jobs here, if it were not for me going to college id move out of town to find a job.

[iamlowsound]

It shouldn't matter. I have a full beard and dreadlocs and I have had several job offers in the past few months. Although the job you are applying for will make a difference. A gottee shouldn't hamper you at all.

lowsound

[Muusers]

depends, do you look like this?:


or like this?

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by Muusers

depends, do you look like this?:


or like this?

somewhere between the two.

[Ericman197]

shave it

[jonathan_matos5]

done.

[fenderhutz]

All of it

Ever considering updating yuor resume?

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

All of it

just the face.

[scootron]

Your profile says you are young and in Oklahoma, so the answer is very clear. Shave it if the job you are looking for is with any type of office or company where you have any contact with the public or if anyone in the company you have to deal with wears a tie. If the job is washing dishes at the local seafood restaurant, you're probably okay. Maybe if you are trying to be a clerk at the local video game store.

I'm not saying it should be this way, but that is the way it is where you and I are. Visible tats, piercings, unusual hairstyles, facial hair...they are all ways of saying "how can I make myself even more unemployable than I am already?".

When I was younger, I would occasionally grow my beard back after getting the job, and sometimes get away with it.

[fenderhutz]

Originally Posted by scootron

I'm not saying it should be this way, but that is the way it is where you and I are. Visible tats, piercings, unusual hairstyles, facial hair...they are all ways of saying "how can I make myself even more unemployable than I am already?".

It's funny how this country is picky about appearance, when I was in England people had tats and piercings that worked in law offices, and people didn't care.

[BillyRay]

Yeah, grow it back afterwards. I always have some form of beard, sideburns, mustache even*, going on, unless I'm interviewing for a job. I'm not big on shaving altough I do look better (ie. not like an 80's porno actor and also younger) clean-shaven.

* Still in my 20's. Why aren't ther emore people rocking the mustache ?

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by BillyRay

Yeah, grow it back afterwards. I always have some form of beard, sideburns, mustache even*, going on, unless I'm interviewing for a job. I'm not big on shaving altough I do look better (ie. not like an 80's porno actor and also younger) clean-shaven.

* Still in my 20's. Why aren't ther emore people rocking the mustache ?

i look stupid with just a mustache. gotta have at least a soul patch to have a mustache. i usually grow a goatee or full beard.

[jonathan_matos5]

here is an after photo.


what you people think of my mug?

[funkalicious101]

I dont think my nipple length hair is helping me at all.

(I mean goes down to my nipples, not as long as my nipples)

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by BillyRay

Yeah, grow it back afterwards. I always have some form of beard, sideburns, mustache even*, going on, unless I'm interviewing for a job. I'm not big on shaving altough I do look better (ie. not like an 80's porno actor and also younger) clean-shaven.

* Still in my 20's. Why aren't ther emore people rocking the mustache ?

I hate shaving so I usually have a full beard going on. I usually shave the mustache because it doesn't attach on one side. I like the beard because it makes me look older (I am 19) and I think it makes me look better as well.

lowsound

[jonathan_matos5]

i definitely prefer to not shave.

[peterbright]

If it were only that easy.

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by peterbright

If it were only that easy.

so true. i hate how society makes us have to scrape off our badge of manhood daily to fit in.