To wear, or not to wear..

[rubberduckofdeath]

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[keithd]

unless you're going for an interview at a tatooist, no.

smart and tidy, simple and uncomplicated.

[keithd]

What happens if I get the job and go in on my first day with it in? :lol:

WHEN you get the job! positive thinking!!

when you're there i'd put it in, yes. they employed you for your ability not appearance. i appreciate that goes against my initial views on wearing it at the interview, but you'll only get one chance to make a first impression, and whilst i believe there's nothing wrong with an eye piercing other folk may not be as liberal. as a bunch of bikers i;m sure we all understand that people can be prejudiced....

[PsychoCannon]

Your well in if they are ok with you when you have it in but there is a prejudice against people with piercings etc.

Best go with it out but mention it and check it's ok to wear it in at work if you get the job :D

[Grinch]

Your going to make a good impression... not tell them about your personal style choices. After you've got the job who cares, unless your a sales person or something and it written into your contact.
Place I was at you had to where trousers or a skirt, shirt or blouse, not jeans. So we could cross dress but jeans where a no, no.
Its the same with the piercing, just check your contact if you get the job.

Me.. I hate piercings... but don't care about it in other people, they may not think the same.
Like I wouldn't even listen to someone if they didn't turn up in a shirt and tie.

I got told to leave once at a interview because I turned up in dark jeans. I didn't get 5 mins to change into my trousers as I was running late. They didn't want to know.

[PsychoCannon]

Blimey, A place up its own **** like that I wouldn't want to work at anyway.
Had 2 years in an ultra political its your looks and who's butt you kiss not how good you are kind of office and I couldn't stand it.

This place, as long as you do your job they don't care what you come in dressed as (or smelling like...) :D lol

[Jelster]

Lee,

I have a similar dilema. Have just been offered a great job, obviously was suited & booted for both interviews. Now the office is "smart casual" unless you're on a customer meet, and polo shirts or short sleeved shirts are typical.

How do I tel the MD that their new, very corporate Sales Manager has tatoos up both arms ?? I just said that I prefer long sleeved shirts because of the tatoos. He didn't give a stuff, but I took on a stance of "I want to put you first..."

So, when you get the job, go in the first day without it and see how the territory lies, there may be others so you won't be setting a precident. Play it by ear (or brow, as the case may be :lol: ).

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[Tara]

personally i'd take it out and see what sort of place you are gonna be working first

[Carsick]

I would put a retainer in if you can find a discreet one. Otherwise definitely leave it out.
I've left my tongue piercing in for a few job interviews that I didn't get but the job I'm doing now is working for a couple of old hippies, so they don't care unless I'm meeting customers.

[jonboy]

It's all a question of whether you want the job or not ;).


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[Mr Toad]

Pretty convincing answer from the poll :D

A job interview works both ways - do you really want to work for a bunch of uptight so & so's :?:

Is it a 2 stage interview - if so, the second interview is time to mention it, always assuming that you were happy with the first interview & are serious about wanting to work there.

I tend to treat first interviews as a 'chemistry session' - could I work with these people, what are they like, how do they treat their staff & clients, etc. I tend to interview the interviewer :shock:

[Ceri JC]

I'm lucky, my place don't care how I look. I've given presentations to other departments (all in suits) in jeans and tshirt before. Comes in dead handy when I'm on the bike! Only exception is when I'm meeting clients, which is fair enough. I realise I'm lucky though and sadly most places are still a bit too aesthetic for my liking.

I think I actually managed to at least contribute to my not getting a job at another place by pushing a bit too hard about how casual I could get away with dressing, when they asked, "Do you have any questions?" Still as Psychocannon says, I'm glad I didn't get it, if they're petty about things like that, it's probably not the sort of environment I want to work in.

[Jelster]

Still as Psychocannon says, I'm glad I didn't get it, if they're petty about things like that, it's probably not the sort of environment I want to work in.

Well that depends on what you want to do doesn't it... As a Sales Manager I would expect my staff to be sited & booted 95% of the time. But if they were going to see a "new media" company, or maybe a recording studio, then maybe casual is better.

Don't get me wrong, I prefer to wear jeans and trainers, but if the role demands that you have a certain "presence" then you have to work with it. Mind you, if you could exceed your targets month on month wearing nothing but a grass skirt I wouldn't really care :lol:

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[Tara]

I agree with Jelster depends on the job Falc works in a place where jeans and trainers are fine so a piercing wouldn't be frowned upon, me i work in a customer facing environment and brings visitors up to the office all the time to meet the sales guys so i couldn't have a facial piercing of any sort, my tattoo is on my thigh and my piercing is through my belly button

[Daimo]

I'd say take it out for the interview.

I had my eyebrow done a few years back. Turned up at work on monday and they were not happy. Told me to take it out, I said no, it has to stay in for x weeks.

Be careful, as said, it may be written in the contract though.

Mine grew out after 3 months though, they were lucky :lol:

[GSXR Carlos]

Short answer: No

but as everyone else has said, once you're in, i'd put it back in

i have to admit that i turned up to an interview with really long curly hair and a beard and still got the job based on my merits (got dropped off though, not on my bike), first day i want on my bike but my hair was cut and my beard trimmed :lol:

still there nearly two years later :wink:

GOOD LUCK by the way

[mattSV]

I'd say take it out.

Interviews are all about making a good impression, and 'looks' will naturally be a part of it - whilst some people would not have any issues with it, some people do.

Rather than assuming that it will be ok to wear it if you get the job, I would recommend asking at the end of the interview that if you do get the job, would they have a problem if you were to wear it - at least then you know where you stand, and it will show that you do appreciate that not everyone has the same views on piercings.

[Cloggsy]

I voted 'No'

That'll be a no then :lol: :lol: :lol:

Personally, I think it will give your new perspective employers the 'wrong impression' :!:

If it was up to me, I wouldn't let any staff under me wear piercings that could be seen by others, but that's just me :!:

[Ceri JC]

Well that depends on what you want to do doesn't it... As a Sales Manager I would expect my staff to be sited & booted 95% of the time. But if they were going to see a "new media" company, or maybe a recording studio, then maybe casual is better.

I always wear a suit when meeting clients, no problem about that. The one occassion where I've had an "unscheduled" meeting with a client, when I was in casuals, first thing I said was to apologise for my disheveled appearence and explain why I was dressed that way. The client (who was himself in jeans and a tshirt) was amused and said it was fine.

In my work there's a bit of politics about what we should wear on site. One of our engineers put his suits' dry cleaning bill through expenses and there was a big hoo-hah when it got spotted. He pointed out that the bill was close to £200 (7 or 8 suits) and that he only used them for work. The reason he needed to clean them was they get filthy when you're on your hands and knees in a dusty server room.

My POV is if you're doing that sort of work, black jeans, black shoes and a polo shirt (ideally with corporate branding) is fine and exactly what you would expect when you had an electrician or Dell engineer out. I know I don't expect a plumber to come in a suit. :)

When it's a business meeting, or giving training/whatever, a suit is certainly appropriate. My problem with the other workplace was based around the fact that they wanted smart dress every day (smart trousers, black shoes, shirt and tie minimum), in an office of 2 other people, where we would never have meetings with clients.



Don't get me wrong, I prefer to wear jeans and trainers, but if the role demands that you have a certain "presence" then you have to work with it. Mind you, if you could exceed your targets month on month wearing nothing but a grass skirt I wouldn't really care :lol:

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I just think for a job that on the days I'm just in the office, where clients never come, which the clients can't tell whether I'm working at home (often in my boxers and/or dressing gown till noon :shock: :D ) or in the office, I see it as pointless. Thankfully my boss is of the same mindset as me and the fact I make (for the company, not for me, unfortunately) 7-8 times as much as the people who wear suits every day tend to helps defend any allegations that casual dress in any way makes me slack. :)

[Richie]

Voted no as I pressed the VOTE NO button...

If you get the job, then you can ask if you can wear it, if they say no then replace it on the way home.

[squirrel_hunter]

Can’t believe nearly everyone says take it out!!

You should leave it in; you had it done for a reason and now its part of you.
I have a 4mm Blue hoop in my left lobe and two other rings in the cartilage.
I had them in when I got my last job (IT office), it even helped me as I was the applicant with ‘all those piercing’ so I stuck in their minds.

But even before that I spent a couple of years in Retail with them and never had a problem.
After all if the company doesn’t want you cause of a little piercing do you really want to work for them?

Either way good luck with the interview.

[Peter Henry]

Hell I wouldn't fuss too much over the eyebrow piercing. But maybe leave the "nostril dog bone" at home on this occasion. :wink:

[busasean]

Hell I wouldn't fuss too much over the eyebrow piercing. But maybe leave the "nostril dog bone" at home on this occasion. :wink:


yes, especially as its chained to the prince albert peircing!!! :shock:

[Jelster]

Ceri,

I'm a Sales Manager, my people are expected to be able to visit potential clients at the drop of a hat. I'm cool with dress down days and smart casual with the right customers.

I would never expect anybody to get on their hands and knees in a suit... Unless it was a boiler suit :lol: :lol:

Lee, just get the job mate....

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[keithd]

Oh, and I took it out ;-)



if that doesn't impress them nothing will..... :shock:

[Grinch]

psml...

gee the things people do for a job now.