Well… shit.
So, remember how when I posted about my blue hair that it was a sure sign I was going to be getting a job soon?
Guess what?
After several rounds of phone interviews, I have a face-to-face with the head of HR next week. It’s a bit of an entry level, but they’re actually considering me for several positions, and it’s a big company so there’s lots of movement potential. She even said that if I had just a bit more experience, they’d be considering me for a higher up position. So… yeah… I’ve been here before in the past year. A lot. But I have a good feeling about this one.
I also… have blue hair.
It’s toning down, but it’s still recognizably not natural. So now I need to decide what to do.
1. Tell them the truth, interview with blue hair, and hope that doesn’t blow my chances.
2. Get a box dye from the drug store and hope I don’t destroy it all to hell and back (because I can’t afford a pro-fix before Tuesday).
3. WIG!!
Why yes, I did just happen to have this sitting around. Which is lucky, cause the rest of my wig collection is still down in L.A. I just took it out of the bag, so I need to let it air for a few days to settle. But… it doesn’t look too bad. Actually, I look a lot more professional and put together than my usual blowsy-frowsy self.
Any opinions?
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Wish Bryn and I could be there, but we’ll be in Boston at that point. Sorry you weren’t able to hang out at all last night, and I hope that David is feeling better.
Sorry we missed last night. He does seem to be feeling better. He needed some rest and coddling is all.
If I weren’t going to the airport, I would so join you. 🙂 Have fun!
It’s a pitty my LJ didn’t refresh this morning and I missed this post before I made concrete plans. Oh well, have fun, take care and I assume I’ll catch you someday.
Congrats and good luck!
My say on the hair/wig depends on what kind of company it is (i.e. how stuck up the corporate culture is likely to be).
Re-dying the hair or the wig are probably the safest bets, which is sad, because I dig the blue.
They seem California casual, but it’s hard to know until you’re already there. And I too am sad for the blue. Maybe I’ll just do wigs all the time if I get the job. It’s way easier than styling.
/lazy
I have this problem myself. Each time I try to grow a beard, I get a job interview. It’s gotten so I start growing a beard whenever I need some employment mojo.
I say wig it. It looks good and we’re all in drag for job interviews anyway.
hehe. How true that is. The masks we wear…
Definitely a wig. You never want to blow your chances at a job interview for something as silly as a dye job, y’know?
True. I’m mostly worried that the interviewer will go “why are you wearing a wig”… but I don’t think I need to be too worried about that. It’s a good wig, and people usually aren’t that observant or that rude.
the first time I met you you were wearing a wig and I didn’t realize.
Even later on, you fooled me with a wig. I think you know how to rock the wig well.
I concur. Concurr. Whatever.
Also, if they ask about the wig, that’s when you cue the big teary eyes and then say something about how they can’t ask about your medical history. (;
. . . wow, does that wig make you look different.
I think it’s dumb that your hair color should be an issue, but we live in a dumb society sometimes, so yeah. I’d say wig or dye, with a preference for wig.
Heh. I used to joke that my super-power was the ability to not look like myself. I can’t look specifically like anyone else, but I’m very good at making myself not look like myself.
Or maybe… I’m just not that memorable? 🙂
I’ll probably wear this over on Sunday so I can get the opinions of live people.
No one who has had HR training will EVER ask you about wearing a wig because it too quickly becomes an accidental “do you have cancer” question.
Yet another vote for wig/dye. The wig might be a tad strange if someone notices it, but if they don’t its no worry at all.
I say keep the blue hair – and mention (if they don’t ask) that it’d take about 20 minutes – or a wig – to change it if they are interested in bringing you on.
(I interviewed many a time with the purple hair and got many temp jobs and such.)
There’s no sense in putting on much of a masquerade to get a job – if a place doesn’t want you as you are, then you’re probably not going to be happy there in the long run.
Though, short term money needs – especially when wanting to escape from the simian testing lab – makes people do many things.