I have a job interview tomorrow at Wal-Mart because I am looking for a part time job. I'm a male student with a piercing on my left ear, just wanted to know if it's okay if I leave it on on the job interview and while working?
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Recommended Answer:Steven,
Hope to put this in a little bit of context for you - I'm male, have a pierced ear and wear an earring to work where I lead a team of twelve people out of whom two of the guys also wear earrings. If you came to be interviewed by me for a job wearing your earring it would put you at neither an advantage nor disadvantage - I just want to find the best person for the job. However, I'm not your interviewer and, although you and I both disagree with the sentiment of this next statement, there are people in the world who (almost subconsciously) just find a guy wearing an earring to be less smart than a guy without one. Your decision is - what do you want more? To get the part time job or to wear an earring no matter what. Personally, I think it's a no brainer and always take out my earring out for the hour when attending an interview.
It's a different matter when you've got the job. We've all been around Wal-Mart and other stores and seen guys wearing earrings.
So my answer is - take it out for the interview then, when you've got the job, wear it for work.
Hope this helps and good luck.
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- I would think if you just wear a stud and nothing too flashy or big you should be fine. Everyone lets girls wear earrings, why not guys too? Just stick with small and simple and you shouldn't have any problems. You can also ask at the interview what their policy on piercings is, but since it's Walmart, you should not come across a problem.
- If its just a normal earring like this www.canadajewels.com/pages/earrin… (I know your earring isn't like that but in that location and around the same size) or one of those little hoop ring one (hopefully I make somewhat sense haha I dont have any piercings or plan on getting any) I think you'd be fine to wear in in the interview and if your not aloud to wear them they'd ask if you'd be willing to not wear it and you'd said yes I'd be willing to not wear at work or something like that and you'd be fine.
- i wouldn't leave it in during the interview b/c it doesn't look professional but i would ask if they hire you if you can wear it during work, i see dudes at my local walmart wearing earrings... but you should ask, good luck
- take it out just to be safe