Would job interviewers think less of you if you had blue highlights in your hair (Male)?

So I'm talking to my parents about letting me get blue highlights. Their only excuse against it is I'm trying to get my first job this summer (I'm 15) and interviewers won't take me, or will think a lot less of me if I have blue highlights in my hair.





Is this true?Would job interviewers think less of you if you had blue highlights in your hair (Male)?
I personally love different colors in hair. Professional jobs, on the other hand, would not take you seriously. But since your getting your first job, and you really want blue highlights, I suggest applying for a job at Hot Topic or Spencers, Zumies even. Any teen place like that would hire you in a heartbeat. Just don't try American Eagle or Aeropostale.Would job interviewers think less of you if you had blue highlights in your hair (Male)?
As I just indicated in another answer, it is true; your parents are giving you sound advice not an excuse. Any job you will probably be applying for is going to involve customer service. How many 15 year old guys with blue highlights have you ever had wait on you at a fast food restaurant, or at a store. It isn't just the highlights either, you had better have a regular guy's haircut or an ivy league or crew cut if you want to find a job in this economy. All those long haired male actors on the Disney channel including Zac Efron could not get a job working in any capacity at a Disney theme park because Disney requires hair above the ears, collar and eyebrows. And guess what it is perfectly legal to discriminate in hiring based on unnatural hair color or highlights or haircuts, because none of these constitute protected classes under any of the civil rights laws-race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, religion, age.


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Good Luck!
i can understand what your parents mean
It's true, blue highlights impress no one........
It's probably somewhat true, depending on where you're looking to work. Supermarkets usually hire anyone.. Maybe wait til AFTER you get the job and then do it :)
yes, deffinatly... i would. i mean, i have red highlights, and ppl think less of me.. i have dark brown hair w/ red highlights, and im only 13 and ppl think im some kindda goth freck... whem im really just a skater girl.. lmfao.. and yeah... wait untill after the interveiw and after you get the job to do aything bizarreee like that...
everybody will think less of you if you have blue highlights.
Having blue highlights, while is really cool if you are 15, the old guy who makes hire/fire decisions sees them as a sign of immaturity. Think about it, how many men over 30 do you know with blue highlights? I've hired dozens and you want to stand out, but in a good productive way. Of course this assumes you are applying to typical American companies, not to Rock Bands. It is only a few months, ditch them and get them back after summer.