Beards and Job Fairs
09-20-2012, 06:10 AM
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No beards for airline pilots in the US (OK for FA's). Jetblue used to allow goats, but I think they may have eliminated that.
At a job fair I would assume it would be better to go "interview-ready", which would be however you want to present yourself. Beards are not part of airline pilot culture (in the US) so I would be hesitatant.
Exception would be if you had a good reason for wearing a beard. If it was a medical issue, they should accommodate that but there are no guarantees. The only other justification I can think of would be that you're a SOF operator in an on-call mission status...in that case it would be a good conversation piece.
At a job fair I would assume it would be better to go "interview-ready", which would be however you want to present yourself. Beards are not part of airline pilot culture (in the US) so I would be hesitatant.
Exception would be if you had a good reason for wearing a beard. If it was a medical issue, they should accommodate that but there are no guarantees. The only other justification I can think of would be that you're a SOF operator in an on-call mission status...in that case it would be a good conversation piece.
09-20-2012, 07:11 AM
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I'm going to the ATL job fair tomorrow. While I agree with the concept of "go interview ready", the job fair website specifically states in bold "dress business casual. Save your suits for the interview."
So I'm going business casual.
But definitely a clean shaved face. No beards.
So I'm going business casual.
But definitely a clean shaved face. No beards.
09-20-2012, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
No beards for airline pilots in the US (OK for FA's). Jetblue used to allow goats, but I think they may have eliminated that.
At a job fair I would assume it would be better to go "interview-ready", which would be however you want to present yourself. Beards are not part of airline pilot culture (in the US) so I would be hesitatant.
Exception would be if you had a good reason for wearing a beard. If it was a medical issue, they should accommodate that but there are no guarantees. The only other justification I can think of would be that you're a SOF operator in an on-call mission status...in that case it would be a good conversation piece.
At a job fair I would assume it would be better to go "interview-ready", which would be however you want to present yourself. Beards are not part of airline pilot culture (in the US) so I would be hesitatant.
Exception would be if you had a good reason for wearing a beard. If it was a medical issue, they should accommodate that but there are no guarantees. The only other justification I can think of would be that you're a SOF operator in an on-call mission status...in that case it would be a good conversation piece.
10-09-2012, 12:45 PM
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I'm going to the ATL job fair tomorrow. While I agree with the concept of "go interview ready", the job fair website specifically states in bold "dress business casual. Save your suits for the interview."
So I'm going business casual.
So I'm going business casual.
