Not The Onion: More Job Seekers Opting for Cosmetic Procedures
April 6th, 2010Here’s one for your When Batshit Insanity Just Doesn’t Cut It file folder.
Via: CBS News:
In this troubled economy, you may be thinking about beefing up your resume or adding to your portfolio, but how about going under the knife? As CBS 2’s Mai Martinez found, hundreds of people in the Chicago area are turning to plastic surgery to keep or land a job.
In his 10 years as facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Steven Dayan has had no shortage of patients in his downtown Chicago office. But these days, Dr. Dayan says more and more are looking for an edge in the challenging job market.
“A good 10 to 15 percent of my patients who come in now are requesting treatments in order to make them do better in the workplace,” said Dr. Dayan.
I saw this on the news last night. Well, at least the blurb for it. Basically it was subliminal messaging to go get your Botox so you can compete in the job market against younger candidates.
Nope, no urge for that here. I’m working on the grumpy old man look. I’ll have it mastered in another 20 years.