Friday, August 23, 2013

Job Seekers Turning To Tattoo Removal To Help Land Jobs

By Cornelius Nunev


A lot of people are out there trying to find work but those who have tattoos have a tougher time of it, as many employers sadly discriminate against it. Perhaps they shouldn't, but higher unemployment has led to an increase in tattoo removal.

Tattoo removal necessary for a few

Discrimination depending on age, gender, race, sexual orientation and more are not the only things you have to worry about when applying for jobs. As much as we wish discrimination did not exist in the workplace, it does, and it does not matter how skilled you are when you have some bad appearance. A tat-too is something companies discriminate against.

The word "picture" came from a Celtic tribe found by the an-cient Romans. The tribe had very vivid tattoos, and the tribe was named the Picts. Tattoos are consid-ered essential in some cultures and complete normal by most. However, companies do not want to see it, and that means there is a lot more business for tattoo removal shops, accord-ing to the Daily Mail.

The inked cannot sort mail

Bank of America and Allstate Insurance will both hire individuals with visible tattoos to work there, but there are a lot of compa-nies that will not. The sandwich chain Jimmy Johns will not hire those with tat-toos visible, according to the Omaha World-Herald. GEICO, Starwood Hotels, the U.S. USPS, and Denny's are all not willing to hire those with tattoos.

CareerBuilder.com did a survey of HR professionals that showed the top three reasons a hiring manager would pass on an applicant. Bad breath and piercings were two of the top three, and visible tattoos were number three. This is why 40 percent of people getting tattoos removed, according to Forbes, are doing so to try and get a job. According to the Daily Mail, the publication Patient's Guide showed a 32 percent increase during the last year in tattoo removals.

Laser removal works by breaking up the ink in the skin, which is absorbed into the blood-stream and filtered out. It is extremely painful and demands application of a topical anesthetic. One session of tattoo removal can cost upward of $200 and each tattoo, dependent upon size, can take up to 10 treatments to dissolve, which can practically require some to get short term loans to fund.

Not good for consumer ser-vice

Not everybody is okay with seeing someone help them who have a ton of tattoos on t heir body. About 90 percent of jobs in the country deal with services, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, and corporations do not want to lose consumers based on the appearance of their staff.

It is unknown what legal rights people really have for tattoo discrimination. People are always protected if the tattoos have religious value, such was the case when a man sued Red Robin for firing him over religious tattoos, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The suit was settled for $150,000 in 2005. A man in PA sued the state for not hiring him in 2011 because of his tattoos. He was ap-plying to be a liquor enforcement agent at the time. That is one court case that had nothing to do with religion.



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