How much do you think visible tattoos effect getting a job?
Friday, January 1st, 2010 at
4:43 am
How much do you think visible tattoos like on the hands or neck effect someone applying for a job they are well qualified for, and have a degree? Do you think the way employers view tattoos has or will change and be more lenient about it?
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Most white collar jobs frown upon visible Tattoos. Blue Collar jobs do not.
If it is in a job where you face the public daily, then yes, it will affect everything. I know a girl who has “f*** yinz” tattooed on her knuckles. She has to spend 45 minutes everyday covering them up for work. She’s a nurse. No matter what degree you have, in a social setting, you knew what you were in for. when you put something permanent on your body, you realize that it is PERMANENT and it isn’t going to illicit the respect of employers. unless you work at a tattoo shop. But pretty much, if you wouldn’t show it off in the interview, there’s a good chance that it would not be accepted on the job.
i think that the more customer orientated the job the more tattoos are dislike. my husband who never comes into physical contact with customers at his work has both his forearms covered with tatts and has never been asked to cover them up. and no i dont ever think employers will be more lienient.
Even in blue collar jobs it isn’t really smiled upon. Generally, with visible tattoos finding a job will be harder. So unless you plan on getting something you can cover up easily, I’d think twice about how much you really want the tattoo.
it depends on the field, the employer, and the tattoos. I’m a restaurant manager, with visible tattoos, and I got my tattoos after I got my job, although I was able to get promotions with them. If you are going into the service industry, it is still frowned upon. If not, you’re generally safer. Opinions on tattoos have come a long way, but not that far. But if you have quality work, you can have visible tattoos and get a job.
I have 2 visible tattoos and 2 that aren’t. when I was 19 I worked as a CNA in a hospital. I was told that they generally don’t like to hire people who have tattoos that can not be covered up but since they were desperately short staffed I got the job. I love my tattoos and do not regret them or their placements, but I have found that sometimes they can interfere with getting jobs. I have been lucky though and had employers that were willing to bend the rules.
Overall, it’ll make landing a job harder, but it won’t make it impossible.
From my personal experience, it’s the larger companies that tend to have the stricter apperance policies. Smaller companies, the kind where the owner is around and acts like a “normal” person are the ones who’ll be far more likely overlook tattoos.
I’m a GM for a small company and the owner of my company could care less if everyone in the office had full sleeves.
Personal Opinion I think the whole tolerance on Tattoos in the workplace have lessened than say 20 years ago.
I have 8, 3 of which are visible at work and it hasn’t hindered me at all, my employers respected it.
I worked at Eastbay, where we only taking customer orders over the phones. During orientation they did mention that tattoos and piercings alike were frowned upon. It’s not because of what you’re expressing is put in the public eye, it’s because they want to be represented as a clean organized company. Unfortunately I do not think that the way tattoos are viewed in work places (except tattoo parlors) will or should be changed. You’ve got to be professional and even though I have my own tattoo I do think it looks bad if people do not appreciate tattoos, some things just need to stay the same.
However if you keep your hair longer you could get a tattoo that covers the nap of your neck and still cut your hair or put it up in a ponytail or somthing when you’re not working so you can still show it off and express your art.