Looking For A Job...With Tattoos?

conjugated verbs. . .very funny!

I know a transgender... very good friend of mine. You shouldn't judge them collectively like that.

Suricou, Thank you for your comment about your transgender friend.

I have crazy friends, too.

The old Scotish phrase,
Don't cut off your nose
to spite your face,
Still holds today.
To part with your pen!s
is the meanest.

Thank you for your comment

Jack

Thats the best you can do? Recite a silly rhyme to me? Perhaps you should have tried thinking up some form of reasoned arguement instead, or at least tried to find some statistics to support your claim.

Even then though, you cant get past my basic no-broad-brushes princible. I know a transsexual: She is not crazy. She holds a job, chats online, and sometimes writes letters to a newspaper in reply to people like you. Therefor, not all transsexual people are crazy. As transsexual is a subcatagory of transgender, this implies that not all transgender people are crazy.

Besides, its not in the Big Book of Crazy, the DSM.

Ever consider that not everyone is going to be a corporate chimp or restaurant fuel?

Further reading: http://www.tao-of-tattoos.com

I, too, would question the judgment of someone who would make permanent marks on his or her body (or deface it in any other way, as in cutting off an essential part of it).

I have spent most of my career in the corporate world. Visible tattooing and piercing seems to be a "screw you" statement to the world. At best, it is mindless fashion following. That's fine if that's what you want to do -- but you need a trust fund behind you or a lot of musical talent.

If you want a corporate job (not that everyone does), then you need to meet certain grooming standards. The only men who had beards where I worked were the ones who were so good at their jobs that they were pretty much irreplaceable.

If you're not that good, well, then, you need to play by the rules.

Chances are, more people have tats or piercings than you know. I am the HR Manager for a leading interactive advertising agency and I have both. Some of the most creative people in the world (and not just rock stars) have body art. I would hate to think we live in a world where you are shunned and made to be an outsider because of your personal choices about your body. Does that mean that if you were to find out a female candidate had a legal abortion and was completely qualified for the position, you wouldn't hire her? If so, prepare for court. Just my two cents.

I'm not sure what abortion has to do with this.

What I am talking about is about the impression someone makes in a conservative corporate environment. If you have nothing behind you but your resume and you are competing with other candidates for a job, you don't need anything to put the recruiter off. Visible tattoos and face piercings are probably not going to be a plus for most corporate recruiters, at least not for white-collar jobs. You can't wear jewelry if you're working on a factory line, so I guess the piercings could be overlooked for production jobs as they could just be removed.

Let me ask you this -- if you were on trial for murder and could pick a lawyer only by looks -- yes, an extreme hypothetical, I know -- which one would you pick -- the clean-shaven one in the conservative suit and tie or the one in jeans and a t-shirt with the piercings and tattoos?

People judge by appearances until they have more information. And you don't always get a chance to get more information.

I am not saying people with tattoos and piercings are bad or good. I am just saying that some people perceive them a certain way. For people of my generation, tattoos mean you were in prison or just generally low class. They are not something anyone would do as a fashion statement.

And that, CF, is the whole point. Isn't that what we'd like to stray away from? Judging people by how they look? Would you rather pick a lawyer who wore a suit and went to KMart Law School, or the one in jeans who went to Harvard and graduated top of his class. Don't judge a book by its cover, people are deeper than they appear.

And if your response is "well, but that's the way people ARE, so we have to live that way" I say BE the change you want to see in the world. I know I certainly will.

Transgendered individuals are among the most frequently targeted people in our society due to the overwhelming degree of ignorance regarding the topic. Referring to 'male' to female transsexuals with male pronouns is extremely disrepectful and merely serves to communicate narrowness of thought and an utter lack of empathy and intelligence.

Katherine, You are certainly right: I do not want to know any more trannys' etiquette. Or is it transgenders; transsexuals, trannies?

Goodness, normal people have enough trouble with politeness with other typical humans, let alone gender transformationals as a result of elective surgery.

And you are also right about the pro-nouns. What pre-fix does the trans-whatever want?

I had enough trouble with some women going from Miss to Ms.

How about a unique greeting for this, well, unique population. Men have Mister. Women have Missus. Trannies should have their own pre-fix:

Trans-fix.

Dr. Yoest, meet TF Gibson. TF can be uses as an all purpose salutation for the male-female-male and any AC/DC combo. The trannies can now have their own honorific.

Does this indicate a lack of understanding indicate a lack of intelligence? Perhaps. Maybe my Mensa invitation was wrong...

Dunno about the empathy part either. These poor sinners do have my sympathy.

Thank you for commenting,

Jack