Would it be difficult to get a job in Dublin as a man with long hair?

JackW2024

I'm 27 and male and I have hair past my shoulders, would it be difficult getting a job in Dublin?

blackbox

Barista, rock band guitarist, software developer...

No problem.

Esel

What year is it again? I thought we were back in the seventies!

OP, wear a hairnet, be grand. 😀

Charlo30

Just put it up in a man bun and you'll be grand.

blackwhite

Expect the interview to be something like this.

Wanderer78

…rock on op, i suspect accommodation will be your biggest issue!

tphase

Another bot with long hair thread....

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058399262/would-it-be-difficult-to-get-a-job-in-dublin-as-a-man-with-long-hair

You need to give us a bit more than a/s/l Jack ;)

What line of work?

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058399262/would-it-be-difficult-to-get-a-job-in-dublin-as-a-man-with-long-hair

Unless we're talking about pubes, I shouldn't think so.

rowantree18

I'll take your question seriously, just in case it is....

Having lived in a few places, I'd observe that overall there's very little diversity in irish males in terms of hair. Nearly everyone seems to have that "fade" haircut which I personally hate, and seems to keep thousands of barbers in business.

In a lot of mainland Europe and Scandinavia in particular, it's common to see lots of different lengths/styles on men. Therefore, you'll see lots of longer hair in a variety of jobs including the corporate world, neatly tied back ponytails etc.

I'd feel overly in Ireland, longer hair would be difficult in banks, conservative business etc, but IT probably fine. Construction - well tied back for safety etc. Depends a lot upon the type of employment.

I still hate that fade though...

Crakepottle?

A driver on the W6 bus a few weeks ago had very long flowing black hair. No disrespect but I thought he was a woman till he turned around. So no issues there and indeed why should there be ?

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123236701#Comment_123236701

You entered the discussion seriously, but then proceeded to use nonsense statistics in your argument. Your own personal observation of some males in Ireland and several other countries. That proves nothing, you are leaving out tens, possibly hundreds of millions you never saw. It is straying into the "only in Ireland" territory, used to denigrate us.

My own pseudo science. "Conservative" employers could just as easily be prejudiced against the fade, even have your hatred of it.

Baba Yaga

yeah…like,whatever blows your hair back man…

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123236701#Comment_123236701

last time I was at home at xmas that haircut was everywhere. I don't even see it here in germany. But every fecker in the pub had it at home.

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123236924#Comment_123236924

The beard and earing would be more of an issue with conservative employers!

rowantree18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123236924#Comment_123236924

I disagree- I've lived in five countries, 3 different continents and have never seen the proliferation of that particular haircut anywhere except Ireland, although I believe it's pretty much the same in the UK, but I've never lived there. In any case - the OP is worrying about getting employed with long hair and I still think that while it's job dependent to an extent, long hair is trickier in the corporate world here than, say Finland, where ponytails are really common.

rowantree18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123237298#Comment_123237298

Yeah, agree, never saw it in Germany. A version of it on Kurdish/Turkish males, but "ethnic" German lads - never.

dxhound2005

When I Google German Haircut, it returns a lot of male images which look like the fade. Finnish Ponytail is nearly all women.

Sonic the Shaghog

Ah tbf I get what the poster is saying about the fade here. Up until the man bun kinda got mainstream a few years ago it unless you basically got a short back and sides and tight on top you were viewed as some sort of deviant especially rural areas

Conall Cernach

A lot of the young fellas in my area are sporting what I always think of as a GAA haircut. Sort of like a mullet but shaved in over and behind the ears. It's like they're wearing a coonskin hat.

dxhound2005

If conservative is a liking for the past, they would approve of a young man like this turning up for an interview.

Or this. The sideburns were so stylish.

thereiver

it depends on the job you apply for will you be dealing with the public long hair is not in style unless you are in a rock band .And your education qualifications ,most companys take cvs on a website and then reject 90 per of applicants without seeing the person for an interview eg jobsireland jobs ie

thereiver

It depends on the job and your qualifications most jobs require neat neutral clothes , if you are an experienced c plus or ai programmer or game dev no one cares about your hairstyle .most people sending in c,vs never get to the stage of an in person interview .

John_Rambo

It's just another (albeit out of fashion right now) hair style. I don't think it's considered "out there" or unacceptable any more in any workplace. Just try and avoid the sandals and trousers that zip in to shorts.

KneePatient101

Provided it's respectable, I'd think it would be fine.

dxhound2005

Associating male long hair and ponytails with employment in IT is just a lazy stereotype.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123254864#Comment_123254864

You're absolutely right. It's unacceptable.

Esel

It's pony, is what out it is! 😃