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Had a few internship interviews for the summer recently which have kept me very busy. It was interesting with long hair as most of the interviewers commented, though not necessarily negatively. I don't think it helped my case at all though. Hopefully it won't affect things negatively. Almost made me think about cutting it.
Also, do most of you have hair that is layered or the same length? I have been thinking about trimming my hair back to make it all the same length rather than tapered, but was curious on the opinions of you guys. Hope all is well.
All one length gets my vote.
After seeing how badly interns are treated at college I wouldn't
cut a single inch of hair.
There is so much abuse of the intern system there is a movement
to abolish it.
Intern = slavery.
Interns are supposed to be learning something. The reality is they end up doing grunt work like getting coffee, lunch, etc.
Look very carefully before jumping into any internship.
I would agree. They did not have internships back when I was in college. This meant that if companies wanted students to do work, or to get to know students for future hiring by having them do work, that they had to PAY THEM. In my generation, many of us paid for our college educations with summer, weekend, and evening work. Internships, which allow companies to get students to work for nothing or nearly nothing, supplant paying jobs for students that would otherwise be there. To my eye, internships are just one more way that the rich have come up with to plunder the poor and the middle classes. The existence of internships, coupled with the current unwillingness to subsidize public college education, have together made it nearly impossible for a youth to get a college education on his own. It makes me very sad to see how tough it is for kids nowadays to get such an education.
Bill
In my country (England) they don't have internships because they would be illegal! And BTW the minimum wage is $10.23 an hour (subject to changes in exchange rates).
Recently it has been pointed out that US labor law (we would say labour!) has similar provisions, and unpaid interns in the US have sued for back pay and won, according to some news sources. It is possible they may have had to show that they were just used as free labour and not trained, but that isn't necessarily all that difficult. A worthy pro bono pursuit for a retired lawyer, eh Bill? LOL!
Whatever you do hopefully you won't need to cut your hair. If
you do get an internship and then you can show them your abilities
which should make them forget about your hair. Perish the
thought of cutting your awesome hair! A person should judged by
who he is and what he can do rather than the length of his hair.
