What Will My Employer Think Of My Tattoo? 14 Jan. 2013

What Will Employers Think Of My Tattoo?

Amberlin Rudnicki

       This article explains that job hunters hide their body art to do interviews with employers because they don’t want the employers to change their mind about the job hunter because of what is on their body. This tells us that many people pretend to be someone else when being interviewed. I myself do not agree with employers changing their minds on how they think a person will work due to the fact that they have body art. When I get older I know I am going to get a tattoo and I will most likely try to get it in a place that wouldn’t affect my business and the way people think of me unless my employment allows for tattoos. This article tells about how a teacher hides her tattoos so that she can stay in the job she loves.

       I believe this is not ok because the job hunter with a tattoo may be more qualified than a person without a tattoo. This is similar to sexism or thinking a woman can’t do the same job as a man when she very well may be more qualified or can work harder and longer and will love to do it. Business owners Do have a right to who they want but if that means not hiring someone that is the best at what they do because of body art then that shouldn’t be allowed. If I owned the business I would let anyone join my business as long as they had the education and the qualifications. The standards now are very different than from 15 years ago. 15 years ago we wouldn’t have been able to get hired for any job if our tattoos were showing unless you were a tattoo artist or the job was specifically allowing it. In my opinion employers shouldn’t discriminate against job hunters because of the art they have on their bodies. Business owners should have the right to an opinion but to an extent.

       In conclusion, job hunters hide who they are during interviews so they won’t lose the chance of that job. I think it is wrong for companies to do that to people even though they are the most qualified. I think this is similar to thinking women can’t do the same as men. And finally 15 years ago we wouldn’t have the strictness of not being able to have a tattoo in certain jobs.