<p>I’m applying for a job at MIT and I was wondering if anyone knew anything about their dress code. Assuming I get the job, I would only be in a lab and not with the public. I have blue hair and several facial piercings. I was wondering if it would be acceptable.</p>
<p>There is no formal dress code but I doubt they would hire you if you have blue hair and facial piercings. If there is an interview, I would take out your piercings. The hair is not as big a deal, but why take the chance? Once you get the job, then you could put them in again (although your boss may say something.)</p>
<p>Also, it really depends on your piercings and how extreme they are.</p>
<p>“I doubt they would hire you…”
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<p>If you’re applying for a lab job (a technician job?), the policies of the individual lab will be more important than the policies of MIT in general.</p>
<p>Well, I know a grad student that recently put in a nose ring and these big metal things below his lip (la braisse (sp?) His advisor told him if he had interviewed with those piercings, she never would have hired him.</p>
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<p>For a LAB JOB, you think this? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!</p>
<p>I mean, sure, there will occasionally be uptight PIs or whatever, and you should find out about the lab for which you’re interviewing, but this sort of thing hasn’t hurt my various friends who are UROPs (or science grad students at various institutions, for that matter).</p>
<p>My guess is that the most important rules for a lab job will be:</p>
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<li>Wear closed-toed shoes.</li>
<li>Tie long hair back.</li>
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<p>If you’re getting a job around, say, strong magnetic equipment, metal face rings (and metal in general) are probably a no-no.</p>
<p>^^see post #5…</p>
<p>Do you really think that interviewing for a UROP is the same as interviewing for a job? And most of the time grad schools don’t do interviews (bio is the one exception I know of…)</p>
<p>I could care less, personally.</p>
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<p>Probably not, but a UROP and a lab tech both work in a lab. In both cases the PI wants to evaluate how well you’ll fit into the lab. I have, incidentally, also known lab techs at MIT and elsewhere with funky-colored hair and facial piercings.</p>
<p>I just hope this guy isn’t applying to be an nmr technician.</p>