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Do Dreadlocks make it harder to find a job?

dreads jobs employment issues

Thanks for moving it, my computer is slow and i have a hard time navigating the site sometimes.

Thats good to know, I was starting to get worried myself when looking around the city I noticed how few people I saw with dreadlocks in employment positions, but its probably just coincidental. Rock the confidence and the rest will follow I suppose.

soaring eagle said:

theres a dreads and jobs section i just moved this to yiu wont have any issies to minimize issues is act like you dont have dreads dont mention them if they mention them look confused like you have no idea why they would even dare mention them then say why is it a problem you do realize that this country has a bill of rights wich includes freedom of reoigion and dreadocks are an expred=ssion of every religionthere is practicly

so descriminatin against dreadlocks is ilegal

but yea its not hard to get a job with dreass afrer all your selling your skills not your hair

Do Dreadlocks make it harder to find a job?

dreads jobs employment issues

So I've already dedicated to having locs when my hair grows back out, with this declaration though I'm getting the constant warnings though I got the first time I was thinking about it, mainly : "You will not be able to get a job with dreadlocks". Looking through this site though I see tons of responsible friendly adults with beautiful dreadlocks, and I sincerely doubt everyone here is unemployed or stuck with a minimum wage job.

My question then is have you experienced hardships in the job world because of your dreadlocks? If you have what were they? What can i realistically expect? How can I present myself with dreadlocks to an employer to allay misconceptions? Or just minimize any damage at all?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

updated by @trucourage: 01/13/15 09:22:52PM