Long hair for men and employment?

I have heard sometimes that Japan is a quite conservative country.
I'm a college student of 22 from Denmark and I have long (shoulders) silverbolde hair (kinpatsu).
Is it likely to be an issue when trying to find a job?

I am not a punk/pothead/hippe/homeless or anything.

I just heard some really extreme stories about hair from Japan, people getting kicked out of highschool for dyeing their hair etc..

Shivan,

It depends on what kind of job you are applying for.

Well you're not Japanese, so I doubt anyone will blame you for your natural hair color. However I don't know if the length will make a difference.

Maybe keeping it tied back and neat will help.

As above, colour won't be an issue as long as it isn't blue. Length, well, are you looking for a job as an investment banker or a bartender?

I'm probably more in the bartender/waiter category than the investment banker one.

If your just looking to get a casual job like bartending then your find and dont worry. seriously i've seen some j guys with the most wacked out hair i have ever seen in my entire life! lol.

If your looking to get a job at a company thats a different story. I actually knew this japanese guy who had to wear a short hair wig to cover his long hair because his boss didn't like it. it was pretty funny actually.

so yeah it depends on the situation and the boss.

Oh please, I think most people on Japan-Guide are conservatives, maybe.

but in Japan, I see all kind of hair, there are a lot of guys with long hair, or some creative forms of hair, and there are all kind of hair dyeing.

but for sure it depends on the job, but just wanted to tell you, if these things are pretty normal here, then they won't be surprised, they might just ask you to change. that's all

Well, I'm president of a company in Japan and I deal with major Japanese corporations every day. And I've got shoulder length hair. No problem, as long as your hair is neat and you are well-dressed. Japanese care greatly about details, and will judge you by how much you appear to care about details. If it looks like you have gone through great trouble to keep your long hair neat, and keep your appearance tighty, you will be on your way. Look careless or slovenly, or appear to lack awareness of the impression you make on others, and you are doomed.

To Man,

If a guy comes to a bank job interview with long bleached hair, then they'll just see you as a kind of a person who doesn't know how to behave at the right place at the right time, and give you a no for an answer, that's all.

If a guy comes for a designer job interview, they won't even care about the length or color of your hair. They just judge how sophisticated the hair-do is.

Hey, if you're a student trying to enter an average high school, they'll just flunk your entrance exam if you come applying with long bleached hair, so you'll have to wait until you've actually entered a school with less hair rules.

It's not elementary school or college. They don't really "ask" you to change your hair. Everyone's expected to have learned the rules by the time you're old enough to apply for something.