At
age 18 majority of adolescents are graduating high school and becoming with
what people call these days ‘adults’. At age 18 you have spent more than half
of your life in school; 12 out of the 18 years you have lived you have spent
them getting an education. But at age 18 do you really know what you want to do
for the rest of your life? At age 18 do you really want that tattoo on your
body; because it is going to be there the rest of your life?
To
get ink tattooed onto a person’s body you need to be at least 18 to get it done
without parent consent. But did anyone every stop and think about it that the
tattoo age is to young? At age 18 we have not had enough freedom to know that
we want something to be permanent on our bodies for the rest of our lives. The
only thing that we have done at age 18 is go to school, and that’s all we
really know. A person is considered an adult at age 18, at age 18 you can vote
in the presidential election, buy tabacco, enlist in the army, and get a tattoo.
But what makes age 18 so different from age 17 or 19, we do not have enough
experience to learn from or know that is we want to do these things that adults
can do, like, enlist in the army and get tattoos.
At
age 18 society also wants us to go to college and figure out what we want to do
for the rest of our lives. But has anyone ever took a step back and really
thought about that 18 is to young of an age to do some of these things. To get
a tattoo 18 is to young of an age to permeantly mark something on your body.
Getting a tattoo is a really important decision. You never just want to go into
a tattoo parlor and pick something out of a book. At age 18 that is how a lot
of people pick how they get their tattoos, they just want a tattoo so they just
pick anything. Also 18 years get tattoos when things such as peer pressure and
alcohol are involved and that is just never a good mix. Having a tattoo affects
job opportunities, and it automatically give people the right to pass judgement
on you just because you have a tattoo, at age 18 do you think you can handle
all of that?
Do
you know what you want to do for the rest of your life? Well if you do that’s great,
but if you don’t then you need to think long and hard before you get a tattoo.
Depending on what you want to do with the rest of your life and where you work
depending on the tattoo placement you cannot be hired for a job because of that.
Getting a tattoo requires a lot of thought. Before putting permanent ink onto
your body make sure you think about your future and if having a tattoo in that
place are appropriate for what you would like to do later in life.
As
time change companies are changing their dress codes, but they are still strict
when it comes to tattoos. A rule that seems to be pretty general in all work
places is the “Don’t Show, Don’t Tell” policy. If a tattoo cannot be seen when
wearing appropriate dress attire then do not tell anyone you have a tattoo.
Companies these days also go with as long as they cannot see the tattoo then
they have no problem with you having it. Even though companies may be changing
their dress codes you still need to think long and hard about the placement of
a future tattoo.
Also
evaluate what you want to do with your life because the judgment of having a
tattoo is all based upon where you choose to work. I you are looking to do
something in the music and arts environment as jobs then they are more accepting
of you having a tattoo. If you wish to become a business man and work on Wall
Street one day they do not like tattoos showing at all. They want to keep it extremely
professional and they feel tattoos are unacceptable.
First
impressions are everything. By first glance a person will pass their judgment
on you just by the way you look at that moment and time when they first see
you. When going into an important job interview they always say make a good
first impression because that is what stays in there head. But why it is when a
person with a tattoo comes in to apply for a job and goes into for an interview
they automatically make a bad first impression? If their resume is the exact
same as they person sitting next to them why is it that the person without
tattoos will get the job?
While
tattoos are becoming more up and coming in today’s society a lot of companies
are still extremely closed minded to their employers having them. If a person
comes into an interview with a tattoo they are most likely not going to get the
job. Even if they are all the qualifications to have the job they will not get
the job because in the corporate world appearance in everything to them. It all
comes down to what you are wearing and how you are going to represent the
company. Now a days people are so caught up in appearance they could mostly care
less if you ever had the qualifications for the job!
It
is sickening to the fact that someone will not be hired because of their
tattoo, these just show that a company will hire over appearance instead of qualification.
An employer would rather you have your tattoo removed and then they would hire
you in comparison to just hiring you because you are qualified. Tattoo removal
is not the solution to the problem.
While many employers are stereotypically
under the “no tattoos allowed” policy, there are more up and coming employers
who are a little more lenient when it comes to their employees having tattoos.
In today’s society it is more common and open for the younger generation to get
tattoos and them not to judge each other for having tattoos; in comparison is
older generations they feel tattoos are unacceptable and you should not permanently
put something like that on your body. It is much more common for a person to go
into a interview and having a tattoo and them possible still have the chance of
getting hired rather then back in the old days they wouldn’t even consider
hiring someone who has a tattoo.
Many places will hire a person with
tattoos such as the YMCA and Disney. These companies look at tattoos in
different ways but will still hire you if you have a tattoo. Disney Company
will hire someone with a tattoo as long as it is covered and cannot be seen. YMCA
will hire people with tattoos depending where they are placed and what they
are. The YMCA hires many lifeguards every year to watch the pools and majority of
their lifeguards are between the ages of 21-30 and have tattoos. With their employees
having tattoos they first must be approved because they will be seen by many children.
If they have profanity, racial slurs, or a marijuana leaf tattooed on them then
it needs to be covered because they are unacceptable to have. There are also
many restaurants and other jobs who do hire plenty of employees who are
tattooed and they are shown and they do not have a problem with it.
It is now 2013 and things are
completely different now. Technology has changed, society has changed, and so
it the way people look at others for having tattoos. While there still is a big
part of companies who think having tattoos is unprofessional and they cannot be
seen in the work place, there still are plenty of other companies who think the
opposite. If a tattoo is what you wish to put onto your body don’t have the
fear they you will never be hired, know that it may be harder. Times and people
are changing and in today’s society employers are way more accepting of
tattoos.
You
look at me and what are the first things you notice. All you see is a short
girl with long curly brown hair. I open my mouth and you hear this loud voice
come out of this little body. You look at my resume and see that I am a very
involved person and a leader in many different activities. When you look at me
do you think I would have a tattoo? To answer that simple question I have a
tattoo. When you look at my with a t-shirt and shorts on you would never be
able to see it, but when it comes to summer and I am in a bathing suit you
would be able to see my tattoo.
When
getting hired for a job these days, a big part of getting the job is based on appearance.
When looking at my appearance an employer would never be able to guess if I had
a tattoo or not, nor would they know the meaning behind it. My tattoo has
meaning behind it, it was not just put on my body to be there. When a person
puts ink onto their body there is always a meaning whether or not it is just
for art or if it has a personal meaning.
My
tattoo is not only on my skin but also on my two sisters skin as well. Together
we all have a matching tattoo. On our sixteenth birthday my older sister had
bought myself and my twin all matching necklaces. Little did I know two years
later that the three of us would get that all tattooed onto our bodies. The
necklace is a big heart with three little hearts inside of the big heart. Each
little heart represents on of us and the big heart is the love that we all
share for each other. Now around the side of the necklace it says “Chance made
us sisters, hearts made us friends”. This just states that yes we are connected
all by the same mother and father, but with out hearts we all became the best
of friends.
Looking
at my tattoo some people just see blank ink tattoo on my rib cage, but once
they ask they find out that the blank ink isn’t only on my rib cage but two
other peoples rib cage; and if they just give me two minutes of their time they
will know the meaning behind it. At first glance I do not stereotypically look
like a girl that has a tattoo. Once you see my tattoo it is real and it does
have meaning. When you get tattooed you do not get tattooed just for the hell
of it, while some people may say that it has no meaning it most likely does whether
it is a personal meaning or just an art for there is a meaning and sometimes a
story behind every tattoo.
Tattoos come in
all types of shape, sizes, and color. Some have meaning, while others are just
a form of art. Coming into the corporate world, your future employer most
likely will not appreciate if you have tattoos that are in spots that cannot be
covered. They tend to be considered ‘unprofessional’ to have. What is the main
reason behind not letting tattoos show in the corporate world? Why are the considered ‘unprofessional’? To a
person a tattoo can mean a thousand things while to your employer it can just
mean one thing; that is a no when it comes to hiring you for a job.
Tattoos carry
the stigma of being ‘unprofessional’. They also are carried with bad reputations,
such as gangs. When it comes to dealing with gangs that is something no employer
wants to take any part in. Having a company see an employer that has a tattoo
that is gang related puts a horrible stereotype not only for the employer with
that tattoo but also for the whole entire company. Gangs carry a stereotype
that is much worse than tattoos because they deal with guns and violence.
An
indicator to an employer that a tattoo can possible be gang related is based on
color. In an article in The New York Times it states “To many bosses, red ink on the skin means “gang colors”. The next stereotype
that an employer sees is the color of the tattoo they think of the background
and history that is carried with that tattoo. No employer wants to deal with a
criminal, someone who was in person, or the violence that they can bring. They
will automatically pass judgment and say that gangs are without a doubt ‘unprofessional’.
Having a tattoo automatically
puts you in a bad placement no matter what the meaning may be behind it.
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