Having a beard will make you more employable and here’s the proof

Metro [UK] ^ | 9 Jan 2014

[Slings and Arrows]

Having a beard makes you more employable (as long as you’re not a woman, probably).

One man’s quest to find out which variables would affect his ability to get a job has uncovered the surprising fact that when he was made older-looking by some facial hair, he received more replies.

Javier Sanz was trying to find work on an online marketplace called oDesk, a platform that allows jobseekers to find work they can do from home.

Javi found that prospective employers replied to 12 per cent of his applications when he was facial hair-free, but when a beard was added to his photo, his response rate jumped to 35 per cent.

He explained: ‘I look younger than my age. It won’t be the first time if I’m being asked me for my ID before buying some beers. I’m 26 years old but but my face says “I’m a teenager, don’t hire me cause I’m irresponsibely young”.

‘So, I looked for a way of giving a first responsible, image of guy who is going to get-work-done impression. Thanks we are in the Internet, and I didn’t need any surgery. Just a fake beard with Photoshop.

More information, as well as lots of tips for jobseekers can be found on Javi’s blog.

[Charles Martel]

LOL @ “patterns”. What, like crop circles?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I have to keep my hat hidden, it smells like duck and the cats go nuts! It has been on a lot of hunts.

[Gamecock]

Landing Strip

[Gamecock]

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Way back when I decided to grow a beard because I was tired of having to show my ID to buy a pack of cigarettes.

I was 28 at the time.

And two years ago I decided to go clean-shaven because that beard that made me look a bit older when I was 28 had enough gray in it to make me look MUCH older at the age of 44.

[lacrew]

Post of the day.

[Boogieman]

“Or do you mean any pattern is ok?”

I think, by the time you get to see that pattern, it’s probably too late to be evaluating their trustworhiness :)

[Slings and Arrows]

Hail, beard-brothers.

[Slings and Arrows]

The whole trick is knowing when to stop.

[YankeeReb]

And it’s working for Tom Cruise.

Not to mention Barry Soetoro....
oh wait, I don't think they mean THAT kind of beard.

[Slings and Arrows]

Isn’t that just the same thing as the “cop stache”?

There's overlap, true.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

if I had a dollar for every hour I didn’t waste scraping my face I could buy another nice camera!

I came to that realization late in life. Also, cutting my own hair. How many hours did I spend at Supercuts, listening to Jammin' 102?

I trim the beard twice a week, using electric clippers. It's definitely the way to go.

[the OlLine Rebel]

The horseshoe is a FuMan Chu and the chin tuft/col Sanders is a van dyke beard.

Anyway, cool, but any goatee is closer to untrustworthy.

I think the old “What Color is my Parachute” job-seekers book had a little chart of sideburns length. That was not too long after hippies had infiltrated the culture.

[mountn man]

Beards have worked for this guy.

[MayflowerMadam]

LOL! I had that issue of “Cosmo” back in the ‘70s. Lost it somewhere along the way.

[Slings and Arrows]

The Internet never forgets.

[null and void]

And it’s working for Tom Cruise.

Heck even with a bad beard one can become president!

[AlmaKing]

Landing strips, smiley faces....

[null and void]

And never forgives.

[uglybiker]