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Nose ring |
| Message Name: |
How about a beard? |
| Date Posted: |
01/22/2002 |
| Message: |
I have a full-grown beard (I am an orthodox Jew), and have been rejected by a prospective employer on the basis of "you are going to scare the customers, who will ask me if I sent a rabbi to pray or a technician to fix their systems". When I discussed securing my beard with pins, the interviewer said "no, because if one of them falls off, you are going to look like one of those Pakistanis [sic]". Another condition was to take my head-covering off. He did not even look at my resume.
Similarly, many other interviewers have asked me upfront if I am available on Saturdays [obviously I am not], and this provided them with a quick and legal "escape".
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