David Biernbaum

Tattoo Counting as New Hiring Practice

July 29, 2010

FROM RETAILWIRE:
It wasn't that long ago that tattoos were viewed as an expression of social deviance. Today, however, large numbers of young adults and teens sport body art and body piercings. Should the number of tattoos and/or piercings have any place in assessing a candidate for a potential job with a retailer?      [more...]

Tattoos are a lot more mainstream today than they were ten and twenty years ago, however, it's still up to the employer to determine whether or not tattoos on their employees might negatively impact their company's image. In any case, in an ideal word it would not matter, but as we know the business and retail worlds are anything but ideal.

Sorry kiddies, that's a fact of life.