Tatoos and Jobs

I have a single piercing in my left ear, though I very rarely wear more than a small white gold stud.

I have 2 tattoos - one on my upper right arm, the other on my inner forearm. Both are covered at work normally, unless I roll my sleeves up. I'm a teacher.
 
KaHn said:
Non-managerial, low end career jobs.

No offence but those aren't the sort of jobs tattoos will stop you from getting.

I agree that they shouldn't be seen but for the majority of jobs I have seen forearms are still a no no, as is neck.

KaHn
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Eh? A bank? The artroom yes, it's a 'creative' environment and not customer facing so largely not a problem. Retail it depends where you are in the image of the business as to whether it's a problem. Some are very lax some are very strict.

The bank though is about as stuffy and old-fashioned as jobs get.

My point is, tattoos won't stop you from getting most jobs, as long as they're inside a long sleeved shirt.

If it's a short sleeve job, they probably won't mind, if it's a long sleeve job they won't see them, at least not until you're firmly entrenched. It just means you get a bit warm in summer.

Keep them inside your shirt and trousers and you'll be fine - they either won't mind or won't see. As I said, hands face neck, don't do it unless you're ok with being quite badly restricted with job choices.
 
PardonTheWait said:
Eh? A bank? The artroom yes, it's a 'creative' environment and not customer facing so largely not a problem. Retail it depends where you are in the image of the business as to whether it's a problem. Some are very lax some are very strict.
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No my point is that its a teller job, not a managerial position or a chartered accountant place?

They will be lest strict on things like this and aslong as you keep them covered.

KaHn
 
KaHn said:
No my point is that its a teller job, not a managerial position or a chartered accountant place?

They will be lest strict on things like this and aslong as you keep them covered.

KaHn
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And if it was a managerial position and it was covered by long shirt sleeves how would they know?
 
Abraham said:
And if it was a managerial position and it was covered by long shirt sleeves how would they know?
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Your comparing a managerial position to a teller and you want to know the difference.

They are worlds apart interms of promotion, people you will face, situations you will be in with clients/owners/board members if one of them took offence to the tattoos it would be game over career wise so from that point of view its a lot easier to not have them showing, have as many as you want tho and if you get knocked back for jobs if they are seen or over looked for promotion as regardless of how well you think they are hidden someone always notices them.

KaHn
 
Ahleckz said:
I don't suspect that tattoos will be the first thing that prospective employers will worry about.



Serious answer - My ex had a fair few visible tats, she's doing fine working at HMV.
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^ i think he was on about more serious jobs than HMV hahahahaha, thats not a proper job.
 
As an employer I have no problem with tattoo's, it doesn't affect their ability in any way so why should it affect my decision to employ them or not?

Besides it is increasingly difficult to find someone under 40 who doesn't have a tattoo or ten...
 
Visable tattoos are still a no no in quite a lot of professional or customer facing professions.

However, as said, we are talking about hands, neck and face here.

I know somebody who has most of his body tattooedincluding full arm sleeves and is a solicitor. Inside work you would never know he had any as he never wears short sleeved shirts.
 
KaHn said:
They will be lest strict on things like this and aslong as you keep them covered.

KaHn
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That's the bit you're missing. If they're in your shirt and aren't seen, it's no problem. Even mine, which come to the wrist on one arm, I can avoid it by wearing something on my wrist.

If you're good at your job, and up for promotion, no one is going to chime in 'lads, you're forgetting, he's got a tattoo on his forearm' 'Christ, I forgot! Best give it to someone else'.
 
KaHn said:
Your comparing a managerial position to a teller and you want to know the difference.

They are worlds apart interms of promotion, people you will face, situations you will be in with clients/owners/board members if one of them took offence to the tattoos it would be game over career wise so from that point of view its a lot easier to not have them showing, have as many as you want tho and if you get knocked back for jobs if they are seen or over looked for promotion as regardless of how well you think they are hidden someone always notices them.

KaHn
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What are you talking about? I'm not comparing anything, I'm asking how in a managerial position anyone is going to know if you have a hidden tattoo.
How is anyone in a position to promote/knock me back ever going to know if I have a tattoo on my back? It's easy enough for me to hide the one on my forearm if I want, not that it's particularly noticeable even in short sleeves.
 
Gaidin109 said:
As an employer I have no problem with tattoo's, it doesn't affect their ability in any way so why should it affect my decision to employ them or not?
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While appearance may not matter in R&D it can do in other jobs, however unless the tattoo is offensive then I'd think it should be an irrelevance but since I'm not currently anywhere near recruitment it doesn't matter much what I think.

Gaidin109 said:
Besides it is increasingly difficult to find someone under 40 who doesn't have a tattoo or ten...
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We clearly move in very different circles, as a rough guess I'd estimate three quarters of my friends and acquaintances don't have tattoos although the top three most tattooed people are all female.
 
Moses99p said:
Really? No one in my uni flat has a tattoo, for example (there's eleven of us). Do you recruit ex-forces folk reasonably regularly?
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What has recruiting ex-military have to do with Tattoos exactly?

And no I do not recruit ex-forces regularly, as it is kind of difficult to find scientists and related skills among them.

As for your flatmates, start hanging out with the cool-kids and it may be different...:p
 
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I'm 19, at Uni, the vast majority of people I know don't have tattoos (admittedly I don't hang around with or pretend to be in the 'cool' crowd).
 
semi-pro waster said:
While appearance may not matter in R&D it can do in other jobs, however unless the tattoo is offensive then I'd think it should be an irrelevance but since I'm not currently anywhere near recruitment it doesn't matter much what I think.
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We have front-end staff, Sales staff etc...some have tattos, some don't. I wasn't aware the OP was only refering to hands, neck and face tattoos however.



semi-pro waster said:
We clearly move in very different circles, as a rough guess I'd estimate three quarters of my friends and acquaintances don't have tattoos although the top three most tattooed people are all female.
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More and more of mine are getting tattoed, seems that it is the cool thing to do currently, and my comment was aimed at that.
 
Klo said:
I'm 19, at Uni, the vast majority of people I know don't have tattoos (admittedly I don't hang around with or pretend to be in the 'cool' crowd).
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I'll bet that quite a few do, or are intending to and you are simply unaware as either the tattoo is hidden or covered by clothing.
 
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