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moominmolly ([personal profile] moominmolly) wrote2007-10-02 09:04 am
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Let's say you're the hiring manager for a non-customer-facing technical position, and your workplace is somewhat laid back, but not quite foosball tables in the bathrooms laid back. Further, let's say you interview someone for a position and they basically knock your socks off on the phone, but when they come in for an in-person interview, despite knocking even more socks, they turn out to have BRIGHT ORANGE HAIR.

[Poll #1064663]

I know what I'm going to do, but I'm curious what other people think I should do.

[identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's not important to keep it, particularly. I always dye my hair normal colors for customer visits at my current job, even though every boss I've ever had has told me it wasn't worth the bother to do. I just think it would be kind of fun. I actually do err on the side of dressy already, for similar reasons (mild fear of overfreakiness), and that drives my urge to dye.

Basically: I think that most people who I'd care to work for would see it as neutral and far outweighed by other considerations (like the ones you list). I think I'd feel that way if I were hiring, too, so I'm going to keep it this color for a while. The thing is, my impulse to dye it back is SO STRONG that I think I have to NOT do it just to see how I feel. :)

(For me: it depends on how they pull off the hair, actually.)

[identity profile] dbang.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you should keep it then. :-) Fight the urge to conform!

You, of course, are in a luxury position of interviewing for a job that you might want but don't need. Therefore you can afford to say "if my hair is a show-stopper for them, it isn't the kind of place I want to work anyway." If you were unemployed and had a mortgage to pay, my advice would be different.

[identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes, absolutely. This is totally a luxury question! If it were even the case that I thoroughly couldn't stand my current job (but wasn't about to lose it), I wouldn't think twice before dyeing it a nice neutral dark brown. As it is, I just don't want to make the move to the exurbs, and that's not even for a year.