hey everybody Don Georgevich here job
interview tools and today I want to talk
to the men out there about facial hair I
know that might seem like an odd topic
for a job interviewing video but does
facial hair really matter in a job
interview
and I recently had a guy he emailed me
he's like hey Don you know this facial
hair make a difference he says you know
I'm a bearded guy and I've heard that
facial hair might be a turn-off to
interviewers so I shaved my beard my
mustache and I went and I interviewed
but they actually hired a guy with a
beard so does it really make a
difference well you know what I don't
think so I don't think facial hair is
that deciding factor about you know
whether you're gonna hire somebody or
not I mean it could I mean unless
someone has unless your interviewer has
a personal bias against a beard I mean
maybe a beard looks ugly to them or
maybe a mustache looks ugly to them I I
think that's very subjective and that
just depends on the interviewer I mean
some might be personally biased against
it and and others not I don't think it
over although in the big scheme of
things
I don't think facial hair matters maybe
it maybe if he had a real nasty looking
beard and it was you know like an old
mountain man or something like that but
I think what's more important is your
ability to do the job that they feel
comfortable and confident in your
ability to do the job I'll tell you a
quick story here a friend of mine Oh old
friend of mine he had long greasy hair
he had a real scraggly beard and hit
show up for interviews he I don't even
think he wore a tie he might have just
thrown on an old sport coat he it wasn't
a pretty sight to look at but you know
what
he knew his craft he knew what he was
talking about and he could go in there
and light up the room and communicate
brilliance in the value that he could
bring to the position and bam
interviewers hired him I've never known
him not to get any job that he ever
applied to I mean he's worked at NASA
he's worked at some of the largest
companies in the world
he is now a they
huge to a business development director
he has what it takes to get interviews
and people don't care what he looks like
they don't care if he has a scraggly
beard or long greasy hair in a ponytail
it doesn't matter it's what's inside
it's the value his experience and his
confidence that he can come in and get
things done so if you have a beard and
you really know what you're talking
about I don't think you have a problem
now if you have a beard and you don't
know what you're talking about whether
you have a beard or not and you don't
know what you're talking about or you're
not totally qualified for the job that's
gonna be the criteria they're gonna use
they're gonna test you on your
competencies they're gonna test your
experience they're gonna see what you
know they're gonna see what you've been
through and if they feel that your
experience can help them you know do
whatever it is you know whether it's you
know build websites run businesses run
automotive lines it doesn't matter you
know whatever the position is if they
feel comfortable and confident in your
experiences that you're able to help
them then you're in it doesn't really
matter so facial hair III think that
one's busted
I don't think it really matters I mean
maybe maybe you know in 1% the cases
where your interviewer has a personal
bias against facial hair but other than
that you've got a beard
I would suggest but suggest going in
there with clean shaven beard me myself
I could never pull off a great beard
every time I try after two weeks I just
start itching like crazy I can't take it
so I've always gone with clean shaven
look and but I think there's a lot of
men out there who wear a beard that
makes them look even more professional
than if they were clean-shaven
so again but that's just my opinion
that's just my opinion
so all right my friend go out there
clean shaven beard interview your best
and good luck on your next interview
we'll see you in the next video take
care bye now
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