I look younger than my age. It won't be the first time if I'm being asked me for my ID before buying some beers. I'm 26 years old but but my face says 'I'm a teenager, don't hire me cause I'm irresponsibely young'. So, I looked for a way of giving a first responsible, image of guy who is going to get-work-done impression. Thanks we are in the Internet, and I didn't need any surgery. Just a fake beard with Photoshop.

• WIth my photo in the variation A, I had a 12% of replies to my job appications.
• With my fake beard in the variation B, I had a 35% of replies to my job applications.

'A fake beard on my oDesk photo profile gave me a 23% of replies'

Improving the number of replies for an application was really important for me, cause that means that you are in the radar of your potentital employer, and the fact that you have more opportunities to interact directly about his job post.

*Stuff to take into account about this a/b test:

If you have not never before worked in oDesk, there is a job application quota. You have a maximum of job applications that you can send per week. You have to be really selective if you don't want to run out of opportunities to apply for jobs you are interested in. You will find more info about it here.

This experiment was carried through 2 contiguous weeks.