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So, 6 days in, and I now look like a cross between a Mexican bandit and one of the Village People - "I don't know whether to buy you a sombrero or a peaked leather cap" was my boss's comment this morning.
I have an interview for a job on Thursday - level transfer to another agency, not sure I'd like the job, but my current role is being run down and could vanish in 2-3 years depending on legislation changes, with no chance of any pay/career progression in the meantime, so any potential port in a storm, I guess.
So, will 8 days worth of comedy moustache be a great ice-breaker at the interview, or a deal breaker? (Assuming I actually manage to fib my way through the interview itself)
Shave it. First rule of interview is to look smart and therefore feel smart.
Two options.
Shave and look good.
Or...postpone the interview until you have some proper facial hair.
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no pishing about, loose it.
If I shave it do I have to refund the people who have already donated?
So, will 8 days worth of comedy moustache be a great ice-breaker at the interview, or a deal breaker?
If you want the job, have a shave.
Mention it at the interview and ask for a donation. Might as well be up front and honest and at least they'll remember you.
Keep it but tell them why you're growing, charity brings more to the conversation and your character
Difficult situation, I'm in the same boat- clean shaven for me , interview friday
Keep it but open with an explanation.
Tricky. I'd say keep it then explain the dilemma you had with keeping/getting rid (in a jokey jovial sort of way of course) and they will hopefully see the overtly conciencous and considerate chap you are.
Could work in your favour if played out right. Depends on the job too of course.
Keep it but open with an explanation.
+1. "please excuse my appearance, but..."
As above.
Like the idea of Movember but can't take part as QRRNs forbid 'taches, and Remembrance Sun Parade is smack in the middle of Nov.
Andy
Aye, I'd go with keep it and explain too.
keep and explain if they dont understand do you want to work with them?
Keep it and explain it. By far the best option.
hide it with a fake beard
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So, 6 days in, and I now look like a cross between a Mexican bandit and one of the Village People
So if you dont get the job/promotion sue them for discrimination, for being homophobic against a dominant homosexual village people lookalikey, or for being racist against a mexican village people lookalikiey.
Keep it and explain.
Feedback from a recent interview was they didn't feel they got to know the real me and only caught a glimpse towards the end. I was so busy being what they wanted i forgot to be me.
keep it and explain it to them.
not sure I'd want to work for a company who wouldn't give me a job because I was taking part in Movember anyway.
having said that I've been reluctant to do it because of what my bosses think clients will think if I turned up with half a nose scarf.
i'd definitely keep it and tell them why you have it. movember is pretty well known by now so they're bound to have heard of it, and it says something about you as a person outside of the job role itself.
Keep it. If you're the kind of person who takes part in Movember and they're not the kind of people who get that then you'd be miserable working there.
customer facing or back office?
The former appearance matters far more
Back office role, well, couldn't be bothered to cut my hair* for an interview a few weeks back still got the job.
*about a foot long at the moment.
What industry do you work in?
I know in mine there are plenty of facial hair combos going on and is
certainly a la mode movember or not.
Fantastic ice breaker. Just make sure it looks neat.
Hah got the same dilemma myself, got an appointment with a potentially big client tomorrow, up that North place (Coventry) doubt they'll get it, so off it's going to have to come..
A friend of mine at uni was growing a 'ginger afro' (am I allowed to say that?) for charity. He just explained during his job interviews that it was for charity. He does have a fantastic larger than life persona (as well as being 2m tall) so I can imagine it went down well at the interview.
Will you feel awkward with it? If so, it's gotta go - charity is great, but good jobs don't come along that often.
charity is great, but good jobs don't come along that often.
As above. If you get the job, bang a donation in!
For many, "Movember" is just an excuse not to shave, anyway!
only way out is to wax it off if your growing one for charity!
macburgers and enterprise, the car hire company not the star trek one, dont allow facial hair on their staff,
Neat and tidy + Movember = easy solution: a toothbrush moustache a la Charlie Chaplin!
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Man this is a no brainier surely? Shave it off and focus the interview on why you are the person they need rather than showing them you're the office clown. There's always next year for that tache but you only have one shot at that interview ...
Lose it or lose your chance!
I'm swayed by the "keep it and explain" argument, especially as the rest of me will be at my smartest. It's not a great job by any stretch - HMRC Tax Compliance - and if they don't get the whole Movember/charity thing, then I really don't think I'd want to move over there.
And, fwiw, I work in the same complex already, and there are some right weirdos stalking around. I'm always intrigued by the 50 year old guy with thinning, straggly, shoulder length green hair who is constantly outside smoking cigars - wouldn't if he'll be on the interview panel?
I'm not even sure you need to make an excuse to wear a tache. If you and your Tache are neat and tidy, what is the problem? If a firm dismisses someone for wearing "brown shoes", do you want to work for them ? Really?
Keep it and be 'you' in the interview. If you are doing this for a personal reason, then let them now what that is. If you have to be someone else in an interview, then it's not the right job for you.
It's government. They just tick boxes in interviews, they could be done by a computer.
If they don't have a 'no dodgy tache' box to tick, then you are fine.
Fantastic ice breaker. Just make sure it looks neat.
This. It's difficult for interviewers to get people to open up and feel comfortable - this is a brilliant way. I turned up for an interview once in a suit and walking boots and we spent most of the interview talking about great places to walk
..and I got the job. Go for it
It was my dad's funeral on 11 Movember last year and I felt it inappropriate to turn up with a comedy moustache.
So I started late but had a huge mexican 'tache within a week.
I'm a hairy bugger mind.
Have to say if it was me I'd be getting rid for sure.
If you have an interview for a job you want then this is priority number one. Nobody is going to mark you down for not having a mustache. But there is a fairly real possibility they will mark you down if you actually turn up to an interview with some kind of wacky charity facial hair.
So logic dictates, get rid.
If you were wearing a clown suit for a week for charity and it clashed with an interview, what would you do?
I think in honesty I'd go clown, and explain as an opening gambit why I was dressed the way I was. As an interviewer, a) I'd overlook it, and b) I'd remember you, which is a good thing. Probably also c) I'd give you credit for wanting to help a good cause.
Courage of your convictions, personal sacrifice for the benefit of others, charitable nature, these are all good qualities I'd want in an employee. Given the choice compared to a candidate who threw away a charity fundraising exercise purely for personal gain, which would you pick?
I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say in all honesty, if you went for an interview in a clown suit you wouldn't get the job.
If it's an internal role, maybe give it a whirl then.
Could always go in with the "I do a bit of work for charideeeeee, but I don't like to talk about it" line
Does your job and your employer define who you are? If so you might want to loose it. And don't forget to add that with the sad loss of JS there is a big hole to fill in charity fundraising world.
If they have so small a sense of humour that they'd not give you the job because of Movember, then would you really want to work there anyway?
Duggan - Member
I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say in all honesty, if you went for an interview in a clown suit you wouldn't get the job.
Caveat: Unless the job was at the Circus.
RM.
I'd keep it, but if you want to be super-cautious, drop the HR person running the recruitment process an email in advance to explain why so it's not a shock. That way the panel will be looking forward to seeing what your mo looks like, rather than recoiling in horror when you step in the room.
I'd keep it, but if you want to be super-cautious, drop the HR person running the recruitment process an email in advance to explain why so it's not a shock. That way the panel will be looking forward to seeing what your mo looks like, rather than recoiling in horror when you step in the room.
Depends on the level of the job ?? Is it corporate/exec middle management type job ?? Def get rid of it and dress smart, suit up. If it's more of a worker/drone job, or technical expert, specialist etc you should keep it, show some personality.
HR will tell you nothing and do nothing for you, they can't favor any candidates. They will meet you at the door and smile nicely and chat to cover up the cold dead heart of ice buried in their chest.
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That's 6/100!
Trim the moustache back abit- i.e. to the sides of your top lip. This is presentable and will be taken as intended. IF you turned up with a 70's style moustache to an interview you wouldn't be taken seriously at all.
Hard men in the Falklands had moustache's. Should we laugh at them?
If the interviewer is the sort of person who would take offence I'd say its the wrong team to be in. You are hardly going there sporting clown shoes and a spinning bow tie.
Hora has a point; be presentable. I don't mind a story but sometimes things sound like excuses and you wonder whether if someone comes for an interview with an excuse, how is their work going to be.
If it's more of a worker/drone job, or technical expert, specialist etc you should keep it, show some personality.
If the only way someone shows they have personality is by some wacky facial hair, I'm not sure they have personality 😉
Keep it and explain.
Unless the interviewer has a tasche, then probably best to leave it
If its a woman with a tash you could also say 'ah are you doing Movember as well'?
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I'm keeping the 'tache for the interview - was out meeting the public today and showing them my warrant card as ID and saying "This is how I normally look...." proved quite a useful introduction!
[i]Fantastic ice breaker. Just make sure it looks neat.[/i]
Yep, trim it - a nice tidy one, Charlie Chaplin style should do the trick.
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if you went for an interview in a clown suit you wouldn't get the job.
I've been to a few interviews on a unicycle, and I *always* put mountain unicycling on my CV. Being slightly different from the last person guarantees they'll remember you, and the odd hobby gives you a guaranteed question that you'll be able to talk about interestingly.
Have also worked with a few people who turned up to interviews (and came to work later) dressed as full on goths. Clearly had the skills and ability to do the job, so it appears they got the job. Sorted.
It obviously depends what it is, if you're talking corporate management or sales, they probably are a lot more about appearance than just looking at your skills or ability, but for surely for most jobs having a tash is going to make no difference.
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Going for the Freddy again eh?
I've been told I look like Daddy Pig
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I look abit 'foreign' don't I? 😐
How did the interview go?
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I've been to a few interviews on a unicycle, and I *always* put mountain unicycling on my CV. Being slightly different from the last person guarantees they'll remember you, and the odd hobby gives you a guaranteed question that you'll be able to talk about interestingly.
What kind of Mickey Mouse job asks you for your hobbies??
I've spent a lot of this week in client reviews and commercial negotiations. Interesting meeting a new supplier when you've got a tache going on. There's always that dilema for them, do they ask if it's for Movember, or because I think the chicks dig my mo?
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to be honest if it's for government their equality policies mean you would be more likely to get the job if you are a mexican or a member of the village people.
keep it - most people know what movember is and would realise that you are doing it for charity
good luck for the interview
edit bah - old thread. how did the interview go?
I've spent a lot of this week in client reviews and commercial negotiations
You didn't mention what car you drive and how big your wang is.
Hora - you look pretty close to a Mo/beard/sidies/eyebrow combo there!! Nice work!
Nukeproofriding, The point of my comment wasn't about wang measuring (and I don't drive an Audi or a BMW) it was more about meeting new people having challenging conversations, while looking more foolish than normal courtesy of having a tache.
Are you taking part in Movember? If not, drag yourself and your sarcastic tone elsewhere. Buffoon.
Well having taken it off once this month as noted earlier in this thread I had a really important meeting yesterday and thought I'd probably better remove it again, but then when it came to it couldn't go through with it, wanting the astonishing likeness between myself and Clarke Gable to continue a tad longer.
So as luck would have it, the guy I'm negotiating with, French chap, is also mid mo, so yesterday we signed an historic deal together for a new agency on the 27th of Movember, that means it has bought me luck and now may never be removed which will inevitably bring me more problems from excess female attention.
Not sure what to do now..
A few of our staff are doing the Movember 'tache thing.
One of them looked quite dismayed on Monday when I told him he may need to shave to visit a client facility...
Doh, don't do it to him, that waste of space first potential client I went to see came to nothing, maybe at the client facility there will be fellow mo's, look on the positive side, it worked for me..
Many of our clients ban facial hair on their sites...
Contractors / delivery drivers turning up with stubble are handed a disposable razor at the main gate - shave or don't come in
Its quite common if you may be required to wear BA
H2S sites ive been on have had a no facial hair policy.
Many of our clients ban facial hair on their sites...
Are you in this country? Would be very interesting to see what would happen should a Muslim or Sikh gentleman turn up.
Would be very interesting to see what would happen should a Muslim or Sikh gentleman turn up.
They would be asked to shave or be refused entry...
As trail rat says - depends on the H&S reqmts / emergency evac procedures. Flash risk, gas risk, need for emergency BA etc
I was going to say the same, hell there's been case law on stuff like this back as far as Sikhs on M/cycles..
What on earth are you selling to your clients?
As trail rat says - depends on the H&S reqmts / emergency evac procedures. Flash risk, gas risk, need for emergency BA etc
Huh? If the risk is that great that H&S reqmts say no stubble/beards then the PPE and engineering controls are not worth shite and no-one should be allowed on site.
Full face mask training isn't possible with a full on beard but then you have to supply a overflow system instead. Lets be honest no-one wears full face except in an absolute emergency anyways.
Just noticed - delivery drivers, now they are taking the piss.