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- ADRENONLINE
My hair is long and I thinking about cutting it short. Does your hair cut matter when you are looking for a job?
- Marcelom0
nah
- akrokdesign0
it could. depends where you want to get hired.
- oh snap!gentleman
- hahaMarcelom
- hehakrokdesign
- no, not hahaADRENONLINE
- LOL!Marcelom
- hi mom!gentleman
- gentleman0
depends what job you're looking for
- oh snap!akrokdesign
- hahaMarcelom
- hehakrokdesign
- no, not hahaADRENONLINE
- LOL!Marcelom
- hi mom!
gentleman
- Marcelom0
show us a pic
- ADRENONLINE0
it's down to my shoulders, not that long... looking for a job as a gd
- as a god?gentleman
- good luck with thatgentleman
- graphic designer, but i'm willing to work my way upADRENONLINE
- Jaline0
Anything about your appearance could matter.
As for hair, I'd say...keep it clean...out of your face for the interview, at the very least. Obvious, really.
- ADRENONLINE0
I am fairly clean cut... hair is my only infraction. If I wear a suit and tie and have long hair - it makes a difference?
- gentleman0
yes it might make you look like a scruffy hipster type
- akrokdesign0
everything matters, but the thing that matters most is your book / portfolio.
- that's what i thought, but i know everything is taken into consideration. As an hr personADRENONLINE
- would you care?ADRENONLINE
- yesgentleman
- gentleman0
i'd care
not necessarily what your hair looks like - but how you pull it off.
whether you're confortable with it, trying too hard, are you generally dirty, or pretty clean, (or even overly clean), do you care TOO much about what people think abotu your hair, or do you just concentrate on impressin gme with your book...
those would be the kind of hair related questions i would be thinking of
then i would ask you
'if you could be a tree, what tree would you be? - your interview is riding on this'
- ADRENONLINE0
i don't know, would i be a different tree with short hair?
- You'll never get hired because you PUT YOUR NAME IN ALL CAPS AND SPELLED IT FUNNY.boobs
- I'll try BOOBSONLINE....ADRENONLINE
- scarabin_net0
would you really want to work at a place as a DESIGNER where they really got worked up over your hairstyle?
who cares as long as you do good work?
i had hair damn near down to my ass when i got hired here
and what if you cut your shit and didn't get the job??
- gentleman0
you tell me bucko...
you.tell.me.
- Amen0
- scarabin_net0
i wouldn't make a habit out of making sacrifices to cater to someone else's personal taste... you'll be doing enough of that with clients...
- true that, just wondering what you thought about hr peepsADRENONLINE
- gentleman0
i like scarabin - he makes it sound so simple
- ADRENONLINE0
thanks to all, it worked for britney, so it should work for me ;)
- Jaline0
Yeah, the portfolio is the most important thing, obviously. But just pull it off in the best way possible, whatever you do. An interview is where you present yourself and your work in the best light. I, of course, agree with scarabin, but I'm being realistic about how people will judge things based on your appearance.
- maybe it's different here in LAscarabin_net
- Anyway, being yourself is probably the best advice. Good luck.Jaline
- Weird. I would think L.A. is THE place where people only look at appearances. But I guess it gets a variety of people too.Jaline
- yeah in LA is easy to over dresses. lol.akrokdesign