miamiherald.com — Getting inked smears your chances of getting a job, employees said in a recent survey. A no-show approach is employees' best defense, said John Heins, chief human resources officer at Fort Lauderdale-based staffing and recruiting company Spherion. Even though employees said tattoos hurt their job searches, they aren't as concerned about showing
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"Even though employees said tattoos hurt their job searches, they aren't as concerned about showing off their ink art once they actually have gigs. In the 2007 survey, fewer workers said they hide their tattoos and piercings at work. The number fell to 53 percent from 67 percent in the 2001 survey."...(from the article)
osullivanbrAug 10, 2007
Some people do very well covering up their over-the-top tattoos. Check this guy out.<a class="user" href="http://www.statisti.com/statist_detail1.asp?counter=0&intRows=15&lngSum=0&sif=820&sortaj=st.sif+DESC&tgod1=&tgod2=&tspol=&tvis1=&tvis2=&ttez1=&ttez2=&tbojak=&tduzinak=&tbojao=&t_ime=&tprez=&tbrst1=&tbrst2=&sifkat=5">http://www.statisti.com/statist_detail1.asp?counter=0&intRows=15&lngSum=0&sif=820&sortaj=st.sif+DESC&tgod1=&tgod2=&tspol=&tvis1=&tvis2=&ttez1=&ttez2=&tbojak=&tduzinak=&tbojao=&t_ime=&tprez=&tbrst1=&tbrst2=&sifkat=5</a>
Closed AccountAug 11, 2007
No s**t, Sherlock. Respectable employers don't want their workforce to resemble a biker gang from Milwaukee.
a7batAug 11, 2007
Tattoos are becoming the norm that it doesn't even seem taboo. I remember reading an article a year or so ago about how some tattoo artists are fed up with how trendy tattoos have become. Even soccer moms are getting shoulder or leg pieces. People you just don't expect to have a tattoo now have them. I'm not even impressed by them because they're becoming way too trendy and commonly accepted.