Tattoos and piercings affect being hired?
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Hey guys, I know a while back there was a thread about whether or not long hair and a beard would affect potentially being hired in the industry, but I don't think it mentioned anything about tattoos or piercings. I bring this up because I currently have a tattoo on my left forearm and will soon have a full sleeve on my right arm. I also have my ears gauged and I am still increasing the size. After I graduate from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh I would like to get a job in the industry.
So the question is, would this affect my chances of being hired in the games industry? I know the long hair and beard thing is a matter of looking clean, but what about tattoos and piercings? And a little disclaimer, my tattoos are anything but obscene, and my gauges are the only piercings I have.
So the question is, would this affect my chances of being hired in the games industry? I know the long hair and beard thing is a matter of looking clean, but what about tattoos and piercings? And a little disclaimer, my tattoos are anything but obscene, and my gauges are the only piercings I have.
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Normally if you get an interview your pretty close to getting a job, I've heard for some companies use interviews mostly to make sure your not an asshole.
Right now they're just at size 2. Only going up a few more sizes. Nothing too extreme. I know there is a point where it just starts to look dumb and distracting, and I will not cross that line, lol.
exept you have very offensive and disturbing one below here,
prooooooblem, mr HR?
Not condeming nor condoning. Just sayin'
That's the opinion I've always had. I wouldn't want to work for a company that closed minded. But then there is always the nagging "I should take any job I can get" thought in the back of my head.
@Killingpeople - For real? Dresses? lol
My current job doesn't care, but I dress in button ups and dress pants anyway and typically wear long sleeves just rolled up.
I got asked by a cool dude (dreads, piercings, and tats) that owns the Caliente Grille in town, "man, where do you work that let's you have tatoos?"
I just said something about the people I work for not caring, but I wanted to say, "no one LETS me have tattoos, 'cuz it's nobody's business",
Most places won't have a problem, and those that do, well you can wear long sleeves.
If your face is pierced up though, I have no idea. It would depend on the office and what they did for a living.
what an odd thing to say
hope that answers your question....
if it doesnt...if its not one of those christian game gamestudios or something you usually get hired based on your skill and not your look (excluding your smell...)
As cool as this guy is, I wouldn't want to work for him.
I'm not a fan of gang or prison tats mostly because they end up being pretty shitty and racist if you know what you're looking for. But even then some of them can look amazing, if you filter out the BS.
It's a three part series I think. If you want I can find you the ISBN's. It's written by a guy that worked in the russian prisons and interviewed the criminals and took pictures of the tattoos.
PS: I hope no company frowns upon tattoos and piercings. I know that the company i was working on had no issues with it. (Though i got mine while working there).
Have you seen them naked? Just sayin'.
You normally cover it up in official business situations. Hell. You can't even see it if I have a normal shirt on.
Here, if you go with a piercing to an interview for a good job, you don't pass, as simple as that. It also depends of the company of course, but generally, some of my friends needed to "remove" the visible piercings for the interview, they passed, they put them again, and they only worked for some months. haha they didn't like jungle indians!
It's like a sign of very low class, poor image, sign of a delinquent brat, bad people, primitive, something very pejorative, etc. It gives you very bad image, that's all, people don't think good about it.
Executives say: -There are too many "artists", so we can contract anyone else to do the work-. No one is indispensable, we are numbers on a paper.
Just be serious and give good image. If you have your nose, mouth or ears totally pierced, say bye bye XD. If not, a small piercing on the eyebrow should not be a problem, but for the interview remove it...
Tom:" He need to let people go...who should we cut?"
El Doucho: "Let's not worry about Artistic merit and skill, just round up all the guys with piercings and tattoos. They remind me too much of ethnic stereotypes that scare and arouse me. Plus they are stupid and poor."
Tom:" Good point, El Doucho..I'm glad your the President instead of Coolsville!"
Just don't get any tats above the neckline
yeah i don't really see an issue here...except for the international thing like justin said... but i have piercings and tats, so yeah... i'm pro expression... so long as it's not too over the top like walking around with your prince edward for all to see... a company may or may not hire your ass for that one
I would never work at a studio that wouldn't let me look the way I wanted - obviously within reason.
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Right. Which is why my wife and myself are graduate students with 4.0 GPA's.
Has anyone else noticed the number of tattooed chefs on Food Network? It's like the only way you'll see a tattooed professional is on Food Network or Discovery.
With all due respect, it's nice to say "Well if they won't let you be you then it's not a place you want to be at anyways" but that's certainly not realistic all the time, especially with the state of the industry and how hard it is to break into it. Yes, most game studios would be ok with it, but just keep in mind that you're first job out of school doing 3d might not be in that field just yet.
I've worked in some pretty conservative markets, for some pretty conservative clients, and it's never been an issue. There's always a least a dozen people that have pierced faces, pink mohawks, visible ink or make-up'd emo/goth look. Long as it doesn't impact the work, doesn't matter.
If you're really paranoid about it, wear a long shirt or get some of that Kat Von D tattoo-coverup makeup.
In USA are also as strict as in Spain or Europe, no doubt. If you want to work in a serious company, a good one, don't pretend to be the only one with tattoos and piercings, just find "your kind of company" and that's all. There are too many companies that ignores small piercings like the ones for earrings.
And don't think you are more "cool" if your have piercings or tattoos
Because you are copying this kind of person:
If you go to a job interview with that look... turn off, close, and let's go out! hahahaha
There are too many great artists out there, the majority unknown, companies or studios are not doomed if they ask for a common kind of worker they can find elsewhere. People with piercings and tattoos are a minority, or not?
Is so hard to give a good impression? subculture things like piercings and tattoos are not very compatible with work. They don't see you with good eyes.
we? 5000 years? in occident, only women had small piercings for the earrings (boys didn't use to have earrings). All this is like new, like a fashion of these days, a bad one imho, and not common years ago. When i was a child, it didn't exist
Yeah, time to go back to the Cro Magnon era... infections and allergic reactions XDDD
2nd, he was talking about tatoos not piercings.
3rd, good companies (like good people) don't discriminate based on looks...
That's a photo taken from the internet, showing the origin of that fashion, that's all. If you have piercings and you don't like to be compared, then you have the problem, not me.
BTW, i have piercings.
EDIT: "good companies (like good people) don't discriminate based on looks..."
That's not the reality, you CAN'T go to work with a bad look, and less looking like someone primitive.
Keep in mind we are NOT talking about accountants or bank teller positions but creative jobs in a young and progressive industry which the majority of studios (correct me if I'm wrong) are in America.
Any company within that industry that is concerned with how someone looks rather than how that person behaves or does their job is a company going no where, they're going to pass up a lot of talent.
If there was a poll, I bet the majority of workers in the industry would have some kind of body mod and the "freaks" would be the clean canvas folks. I think you might be confusing "selling lingerie to rich people" with working in a creative industry.
Now obviously you're in another part of the world but I see a lot of professionals say its no big deal and since that has been my experience and I work at one of the most conversation companies in the industry I we know what we are talking about.
Personally I see your view on the subject as throwback to the 1950's...
I have tatts, long hair and ear rings but I keep my beard trim and hair clean and I have never had an issue getting jobs.
You are making assumptions. I know from friends that Italians view tattoos as dirty and will treat you very poorly if you have any showing. Maybe Spain has similar views on them?
saw this on the internets:
"The market demographics for tattoo services are now skewed heavily toward mainstream customers. Tattooing today is the sixth-fastest-growing retail business in the United States. The single fastest growing demographic group seeking tattoo services is, to the surprise of many, middle-class suburban women."
It's very difficult to see someone with piercings or tattoos, is considered as something ugly and bad. The few ones only have very small tattoos painted (back, legs). Some women put a small piercing/jewel in the navel and that's all.
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Wow Blazier your country sounds pretty backwards man.