Men: Professional Facial Hair?

[leadchipmunk]

I forgot about last Movember until like the third, but I trimmed everything real short around Hallowe'en, so I decided to go for no shave November.

[Guest Snake McClain]

Ill just leave this here.

http://i.imgur.com/PHmF5.jpg

Reference for all.

[andygates]

These things creep up on you if you let them grow.

I find myself compelled to sing songs about gold and get involved in open-source.

[Kewilson]

I once let my beard grow out over the summer months; by the end I looked like a crazy person.

[Haikoo]

Another girl weighing in.. I don't mind facial hair or beards as long as they are maintained. Most people can't pull off the wild untrimmed look successfully. Some 'staches and beards to get to the point of ridiculous and then they just become funny.

Or you could rock this one: [ATTACH=CONFIG]3823[/ATTACH]

[leadchipmunk]

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I'm surprised BatMan hasn't done that. His chin is the only thing that shows under his cowl.

[joeyb]

I always try to think of it from the recruiters point of view. If someone comes in with a scraggly beard, what am I to think of them? If I were in their position, I'd probably assume that the person did it to get out of shaving every day (that's how my beard started). However, If I see that they have a well-trimmed facial with straight lines, it's clear that they take care of it, so that issue goes away. The other part of it is will facial hair inhibit you from doing your job in any way? If you are a sales person, customers might not like the facial hair. If you sit behind a computer all day and never interact with customers, like me, then that concern goes away too. Basically, I don't think there is anything inherently unprofessional about facial hair, but certain things need to be taken into consideration when you are deciding on facial hair.

[Lachy]

My beard is coming back! I missed him.

[RDOwens]

I consider "professional facial hair" similarly to a "dress short-sleeved shirt": oxymorons.

It is a matter of choice. As others above have noted, it's a tough market out there. Why limit those options? No one will hold a clean shave against you. You can always re-grow the beard once hired, if the business environment supports it.