Nov 3, 2010

Facial Hair in the Workplace

Posted by Wendy Weber

A recent NY Post article entitled Hair Today talked about conventional wisdom regarding facial hair on men.

It said that sporting facial hair was traditionally a good way to get rejected at interviews, snubbed for promotions and even fired, city workplaces are becoming tolerant of chin shag that once would’ve been laughed out of a conference room.

While not surprising that advertising is one business that is accepting of freedom of expression, even the world of finance is is accepting men with well-trimmed beards and goatees.

A sidebar to the article pointed out something interesting: Goatees, beards and soul patches may be experiencing a renaissance in the workplace, but one form of facial hair that is still getting no respect on the job is the mustache.

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