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re: Would you deny a prior service member, that has a tattoo, a job?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:53 am to DaTroof
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:53 am to DaTroof
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Businesses of the world are depriving themselves of some great talent because they can't look past an arm sleeve(s). In the future, this will not be an issue.
It will always be an issue. Let's say you are hiring a financial planner. Who do you hire?
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:55 am to Broke
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Who do you hire?
Depends, did shirtless guy serve in the military? Those might be Merchant Marine tattoos, you don't know.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:59 am to TigerNlc
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This. Guys comes to a interview here wearing a long sleeve shirt and ends up getting the job. First day he shows up in short sleeves with two tattoo sleeves. The boss tells him he was smart to wear long sleeves for the interview because if he would have know he had tattoo sleeves he wouldn't have hired him.
For the right position (a potential key hire) I would know more about the candidate than they would know about me or the firm. Tattoo(s) probably aren't even an agenda item. The folks I'd consider wouldn't ever have any (at least visible).
For a potential less-important role, a 90 day probationary evaluation period is mandatory for new hires. You can tell a bunch about someone over 90 days.
For those contemplating tattoos (or further tattoos) three words of advice:
Wouldn't be prudent.
This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 9:01 am
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:06 am to geauxnavybeatbama
For Tats, depends on what it is and where on the body.
On a highly visible body part I would ask for it to be covered, if it cannot then candidate would not be hired.
I have NOTHING against tats, but when it negatively impacts customer perception and revenue then I do have issues with them.
On a highly visible body part I would ask for it to be covered, if it cannot then candidate would not be hired.
I have NOTHING against tats, but when it negatively impacts customer perception and revenue then I do have issues with them.
This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 9:07 am
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:08 am to Broke
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It will always be an issue. Let's say you are hiring a financial planner. Who do you hire?
I'm pretty sure the tattooed financial planner doesn't work shirtless. You would never know he had tattoos.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:11 am to Restomod
I carry a long sleeved shirt in my company truck to wear at meetings and such but my employer has never asked me to do it. I do it because I understand that just because I like tattoos not everyone does and they will judge my company by my sleeves not by our reputation.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:27 am to LSUChamp06
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I'm pretty sure the tattooed financial planner doesn't work shirtless. You would never know he had tattoos.
First impressions are a big deal. It's why we dislike fat people and disheveled people. We want someone who portrays an image that they care. We want them to care about themselves and the job I'm giving them.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:32 am to geauxnavybeatbama
Why do service men find it so appealing to get tattoos?
I think it says a lot for the caliber of people joining our military.
I think it says a lot for the caliber of people joining our military.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:33 am to geauxnavybeatbama
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Would you deny me a job based off that?
No, but when you go to an interview you should be wearing a suit, so I wouldn't notice the tattoo.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:37 am to buckeye_vol
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What does being a prior service member have to do with the scenario? Either the tattoo is or isn't grounds for denial, and the same standard should be applied whether an indivdual served or not.
Sure, for a company policy. But IRL, people view service tattoos differently than the pineapple tattoo some dude got in college.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:39 am to Broke
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It will always be an issue. Let's say you are hiring a financial planner. Who do you hire?
The one that's more capable.
I don't have tattoos but I know many intelligent people that do. It's people in suits and ties that do the most harm in this world, and should be much more suspect than someone with a tat sleeve.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:49 am to DaTroof
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I don't have tattoos but I know many intelligent people that do. It's people in suits and ties that do the most harm in this world, and should be much more suspect than someone with a tat sleeve.
Honestly it depends on where it is. If I meet with a Goldman Sachs entity, or McKinsey, or attorneys from Jones Day, etc., and someone has a sleeve tat, I'm probably going to think they're some sort of misfit genius.
But, if I'm shopping for local professionals and your receptionist is all tatted up, I might think twice.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:58 am to Pettifogger
Warning: The following is painting with a very broad brush, which is not entirely fair to those that may or may not fall into the category.
A visible tattoo might not necessarily deter an employer from hiring someone for any position. However, the hint of personality disorder during the interview process might. The spurned person may leave thinking that it was more attributable to the tattoo, when actually it wasn't, because lets be honest, most of us (including me) lack a true level of fundamental self awareness of how we are truly perceived by others.
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There are plenty more out there, feel free to look them up.
A visible tattoo might not necessarily deter an employer from hiring someone for any position. However, the hint of personality disorder during the interview process might. The spurned person may leave thinking that it was more attributable to the tattoo, when actually it wasn't, because lets be honest, most of us (including me) lack a true level of fundamental self awareness of how we are truly perceived by others.
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There are plenty more out there, feel free to look them up.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:05 am to geauxnavybeatbama
No, I would deny you a job b.c you killed babies for a living. Not the tattoo. I like tattoos.
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:07 am to Pettifogger
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Honestly it depends on where it is. If I meet with a Goldman Sachs entity, or McKinsey, or attorneys from Jones Day, etc., and someone has a sleeve tat, I'm probably going to think they're some sort of misfit genius.
But, if I'm shopping for local professionals and your receptionist is all tatted up, I might think twice.
we just hired a professional that is all tatteed up. We didn't know it in the interview process, although I suspected it.
Its leaking into the mainstream. I do work in software which is more liberal but still it will be everywhere in 10 years.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:09 am to kc8876
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It was called bourbon street pub. A very famous bar in Athens. Never heard of this before.
And they wouldn't serve him because he had a tattoo? That doesn't make sense
Part of their "dress code" it is fairly common for bars to have those it helps keep the trash out. I am not calling the OP or his friend trash or ecpressing my opinion on the matter, I am just explaining why a bar might have that policy.
This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 10:11 am
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:11 am to geauxnavybeatbama
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Would you deny a prior service member, that has a tattoo, a job?
I would deny a job to someone who mangles his sentences like that.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:13 am to geauxnavybeatbama
No. You can wear a long sleeve shirt to the interview, no one would ever know.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:15 am to DaTroof
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It's people in suits and ties that do the most harm in this world, and should be much more suspect than someone with a tat sleeve.
I'm sorry chief but I don't look over my shoulder at the dude wearing a suit. I look at the one wearing the baggy pants and cornrows.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:15 am to geauxnavybeatbama
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Because we end wars?
How many wars have you ended?
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