“Movember Monday: Maczter’s Update…With a Twist”

This is a guest post from our Movember Correspondent Chris Carter. For the month of November, Chris will be sharing his experience growing out a mustache to raise awareness of cancers that affect men.

Now that you’ve been introduced to Movember, I’ve been asked to share my experience with the whole “growing a mustache…err…mo” thing, so here goes nothin’.

I’ve had some kind of facial hair for all but a few weeks out of the past 15 years or so, so it felt odd to be clean-shaven on day one. Fortunately, my beard grows fast, so I only had to cope with being a baby face for a day or two. I credit the fast growth to vitamins and cupcakes. Here are my daily snapshots for the first week:

Though most of the guys who are growing simple mustaches were shaving their face clean except for their mustaches since day one, I have something a little more challenging in mind that necessitated growing things out a bit before shaving down to my Mo—more on that soon! Here are the snapshots I took during week two:

Astute readers are probably wondering why I’m still sporting a full beard on day fourteen when this thing is all about growing a mustache. That’s about to change, but first…

Let’s Make This (More) Interesting

I’m asking for your help to make the following three things happen:

1. Raise money for Movember to fund cancer research
2. Help my team, “Team Austin”, beat “Team Boston” by raising more money than them
3. Get me a job

Say What Now?

Where does finding me a job fit in here? Glad you asked. My previous employer of nearly five years was purchased by a competitor back in late 2007 and, after eight or nine rounds of lay-offs, my job was outsourced in August of this year, so I’m now a free agent, and if you care anything about numbers 1 or 2 above, I’m going to give something in return for your helping me find a new place to call home.

Here’s the Deal

If I have an acceptable job offer in my possession on or before Monday, December 7th, 2009, I will match the total donations made via My Movember Donation Page up to and including $1,000 total donations—not per person…unless it’s a REALLY good job offer!

A Little Something Extra for My Teammates

In addition to the primary matching challenge above, if someone who is a fund-raising member of Team Austin is responsible for connecting me with the company from which I end up accepting an offer AND I receive a signing bonus as part of their offer, I’ll chip in 25% of the after-tax amount of that signing bonus to Movember to benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. By the way, note that the only qualifier is that you have to be a fund-raising member of our team. I don’t care when you join, as long as you’re already a member of the team and have already raised some money for the team (it will show any amount you’ve raised on our team page) when you contact me. Just keep in mind that, you’ll need to register and raise some money before contacting me and that the conditions for the primary matching offer must be met in order for the bonus offer to apply.

Killer Idea. How Can I Help?

• Easy way? Chip in a few dollars via My Movember Donation Page to support the cause. (As a little added incentive, I’ve posted my latest Movember photo there where you can see me sporting my new Evil Trucker Mo!)
• Not so easy way? Join Team Austin—nearly 50 strong so far and we’re trying to beat the Boston team, so we can use all the help we can get—and help push Team Austin to the top!
• Overachiever? Do one or both of the above and take a peek at my experience and recommendations on My LinkedIn Profile and drop me a note there or @ me on Twitter if you think I’d be a good fit for any opportunities you are aware of…and with the Evil Trucker look I’m sporting for the rest of the month, I’ll need all the help I can get!

Chris Carter is a tech-savvy creative.  Check out his LinkedIn profile. Hire him!

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Related posts:

1. “Movember: Why Non-Hipsters Are Suddenly Growing Mustaches”