Go to the job interview and scope it out for yourself
Don't dye your hair, but if they raise it as an issue say you'd be happy to change it (if you are).
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:07, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

^ this
I took my lip piercing out for my first interview, and then afterwards I thought fuck it, if it bothers them that badly I probably won't want to work for them anyway, but if the job is that awesome I'd gladly take it out.
I don't think my boss has ever even noticed it, to be honest.
(berk, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:10, Reply)

I interviewed for this job with blue dreads and piercings
They said they would have to go if they offered me the position, I said that wouldn't be a problem.
I missed my medusa piercing, which closed up within hours, but the labret stayed open. Since then I've slowly got more piercings, plus the mo, and they don't care.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:13, Reply)

do you reckon I can get away with that?
I thought about doing that but I know they base a lot on first appearances. In the interview for the place I'm at now I dyed it brown and took my studs out and then after a week of being here I asked the big boss guy if I could leave it in and he was fine with it. I've since had my hair every colour of the rainbow (including all at once) and they don't mind at all, but chambers are a bit more specific about that sort of thing.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Hmm, I don't know
I would say go to the interview as you are, but make it clear you are happy to change your hair/piercings etc if they think it is necessary. Either way, neither your current job nor this one you're being interviewed for is on your chosen career path, so no harm no foul, right?
(berk, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

yeah this sounds like a good plan

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Go as you are, but dressed smart, obviously
If it's a problem they should say so, if they don't then they're not worth the hassle.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:20, Reply)

I'm with the Lab and the berk
Dress smart but keep the hair colour and piercings and make it clear that, given a good reason (client-facing role, say) you are happy to make relevant changes to your appearance.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

well yeah I'd wear my suit and shit
but the blue hair is the kind of thing that would immediately mark me down as "not suitable" if they were that way inclined. Maybe if I tie it back and wear a beret they won't immediately notice and I could bring it up later.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:23, Reply)

I'd have a lot more problem
with someone turning up to an interview (I assume inside) in a fucking beret then I would with blue hair...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:27, Reply)

I like my berets
sad face.

I don't wear it like a French.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

It's a hat, though.
If you wear it inside in anything other than a social situation you might as well just have "I am a stupendous arse" tattoeed on your face.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:36, Reply)

Oh I never thought about that, I forgot you're not supposed to wear hats indoors

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:42, Reply)

It's probably acceptable in pubs and at weddings
and I'm hardly one for following rules of social etiquette, daaahh-ling, but I think walking into an interview room in a beret unless you are already a member of the armed forces is likely to make the interview stupendously short ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:46, Reply)

mmmm army guys....
sorry I lost track there
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:52, Reply)

Have you seen me in my airsoft gear? ;)

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

stop hitting on me
I'll get Vipros on you.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Did I hear 'mewing'?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:02, Reply)

MEOW

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:06, Reply)

*barges in*
Oh, hi Kitty! Didn't you say you made me a cupcake? But they're all the way over there by the rest of LAAK, what say we go over there and you can give me a lovely cupcake?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:09, Reply)

lovely cupcakes indeed
strawberry
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:18, Reply)

I only had a banoffee one
Didn't want to be greedy, but in hindsight I should have had more.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:18, Reply)

Fine :(
I've finished work so I'm going anyway
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:07, Reply)

i am walking home tonight in the ass toning trainers
which, btw, i do not recommend on an uphill setting on the treadmill.

i might have to pounce on one of them as he runs past me all sweaty and topless.

also i have my army officer friend's wedding on 6 nov. i should have taken you as my date!!!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

Oh that would have been awesome
Weddings are such pick up centres as well.

Damn Wiggy.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:06, Reply)

AHEM

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:07, Reply)

I know, right?
I've been to 4 so far this year, and not been single for any of them. I'm sure THAT's the only thing holding me back from teh laydeez.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:10, Reply)

track my knickers and dignity
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:57, Reply)

it happens a lot

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:06, Reply)

I'm trying to be better, honest!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Tie back, sure, but maybe not the beret
It's not like it's entirely bright blue, it's streaked.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:28, Reply)

I suppose
it's way more obvious than it used to be, it just used to be the underneath, so maybe I'm just more conscious of it because it's different.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:35, Reply)

You'll be fine
Bottom line, go to the interview if you're at all curious about the job. If you'd rather coast in your cushy job, don't bother.

This is why I haven't moved to London.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:39, Reply)

Ok b3tans, I have decided to go for the interview!
If I get horribly rejected I am blaming you all and I'm going to be proper emo about it because then I'll be stuck in the cushy job AGAINST MY WILL
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:43, Reply)

I'm sure we'll deal with it
Gives you more time to be on b3ta, talking shit and gazzing folk etc...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:44, Reply)