Weird developments on the job hunt front

[featherynscale]

I had a very instructive conversation with a woman from one of the head-hunting/placement firms I'm using to look for a job... she tells me that the reason I didn't get an offer from the last interview I went on with them was because I looked unprofessional. Reason for said unprofessional-ness was that I failed to take out my tongue-ring. This is exciting, because I don't have a tongue-ring to take out, and in fact, the only piercings I'm currently sporting are the ones in my earlobes, one apiece, in the socially upheld manner.

So I'm not sure what that's about. I do have a lisp, which frequently suggests a tongue-ring. But that's about as close as I come. The idea of someone popping a heavy-gauge needle through my tongue does not appeal to me much. And I don't know what I can do to dissuade people from thinking I'm wearing odd facial jewelry to interviews aside from, you know, not wearing any, which I'm already doing.

So that's fun.

Comments

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

You should tell them that you're really a gay man in disguise, and that they're obviously abridging your rights by assuming that you have a tongue-ring when really that's just how you are.

Threaten to sue for discrimination, and they'll bend over backwards for you :)

Of course, you might have an interesting time describing to the HR person why your gender should really be listed as female, but that's what makes job-hunting fun!

They deserve a smack.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm perfectly willing to have my gender listed as male... Gender has never really been that big a deal to me anyway, and depending on the workplace, it might save me on insurance. Of course, there will be questions about why someone listed as male would regularly be filing claims for birth control and such, but hey. Let them wonder.