Some dreams have to die so that others may live. So long, Handelbar!

Quick: What's the single most important thing to keep in mind when interviewing for a new job or promotion?

If you said "Wear pants," then... um... well, you're right. That probably is more important than what I was going to say, which is Be well groomed. But now that I think of it, having pants on is probably pretty important, too.

I say Be well groomed is important because I am aware of the recent survey of HR people in which 84% of the people who make hiring and promotion decisions agree: well-groomed people move up faster. That's why I shave every day now, and, not coincidentally, that's why I've given up on my dream of being known as "The Guy Who Invented The Handelbar Moustache."

And, no, I didn't mispell it. I really did mean Handelbar moustace; see, I'd been trying to promote the concept of "Facial Hair Shaped Like Great Composers," with the Handelbar moustache and Schuberns and Shostagoateevichs and the like. But when I read that survey, I stopped all that, because I really want to climb up the corporate ladder, even though my own corporate ladder has only one rung above me. I really want to climb that rung.

I also, I suppose, could have used the wear pants thing, too, which makes it all the more important that I, and now you, know about the Gillette Career Advantage site, where people like me and you can go to get good, practical advice and infomration from experts like GQ Style Correspondence Brett Fahlgren, or career expert Mark Jeffries.

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