~*~Finding a job w/ facial piercings?~*~

[RiCeY]

Is it really that HARD to find a job if you have piercings? Do you think a lot of places will make a quick judgment just based on that if you have a labret or what not?

What do you guys think and for those who have piercings is your job okiez with it?

[RiCeY]

I ask because I need to look for another job as well but I decided to take out my eyebrow piercing which I've had for past 6-7mnths

[krisamata]

there are places that wont hire you with any facial piercings...take for example every place i've ever worked at...staples, safeway, white spot, the bay etc

then again it depends on what kinda job you're going for, and what places you're applying at.

[MC Hammered]

It all depends on how you carry yourself but don't ever believe that the first impression doesn't count.

I don't have any metal piercings but I do walk around with my bright coloured shirts and coloured hair all the time but my workplace and CEO knew I was that way before they hired me.

I am amazed with the flexibility I am granted with my clothing, but in the end it does still look very professional.

Some places are still very old school and if you do not look the 'norm' you don't have a hope in hell of getting into that company.

[ƒORM]

When I used to go for job interviews I always removed my earring. I don't know if it made a difference or not but they certainly never glanced at my bare ears. If you choose to wear them you run the risk of letting their imaginations run wild. Stick to the basics and you'll be fine.

[MC Hammered]

^^^ I also suggest that you don't put on the lipgloss that day either. :c-tard:

[miss.myra]

Yeah it all depends.

I currently work for IBM and my facial piercing has never even been brought up as an issue...same goes for the last company I worked for.
I think I've been lucky though?

M

[MC Hammered]

But Myra... you are cute!

[Sammy Skillz]

i've never had problems with any of my peircings when it comes to getting a job.

-s.

[Quin600]

Ya, dispite not having any issues with any of my 3 current jobs (constrution worker, Comic Store, and Anti-Discrimination Newsletter Editor), i know i have been turned down right away due to my facial metal. I have both eyebrows and my labriet, and with the looks i get, I know when my aplication or resume wont get a second look. You just have to find places you see people with piercings. It can get frustrating though.

[RiCeY]

Winston where do you work?

[RiCeY]

I guess I'm just gonna have to go without it for the time being and when I do find a 2nd job see if their cool and okiez with piercings then go ahead and get it re-done...

[All!e]

i've never had a problem, but then again ive never had more then a minimum wage job

[Goat]

take for example every place i've ever worked at...staples, safeway, white spot, the bay etc

not entirely true ^ safe way and save on have the same union. i took out my eyebrow, earings and tongue when i went to the interview, but showed up with them at work. not a thing they can do but ask you to take them out. you can decline and they won't be able to do a thing.

when i go into an interview i remove all visible peircings. no one wants to hire some punk with 20 million holes in his face. it's all about the customer service. depends totally on the job and environment of course, but you always gotta keep in mind that the company you're applying at, is trying to sell an image, to increase your odds of getting that job, you have to try to talk, look, and behave like that image. whether that means peircings, it depends on the situation.

but eh, best of luck

[Courtney]

it's harder to find a job. i still don't have one and i've been looking for awhile now

[RiCeY]

Originally posted by Goat

not entirely true ^ safe way and save on have the same union. i took out my eyebrow, earings and tongue when i went to the interview, but showed up with them at work. not a thing they can do but ask you to take them out. you can decline and they won't be able to do a thing.

They can fire you can't they?

[Goat]

nope. they can't. store usually doesn't hire people with facial peircings, but i didn't go to the interview with them visible...nothing they could do

[shorerider]

fishing tackle doesn't fly as a chef ;)

[RiCeY]

Originally posted by shorerider
fishing tackle doesn't fly as a chef ;)

*lol* Yeah even next yr when I get into Culinary Arts I would have to have my eyebrow ring out anyhow...*sigh* :(

[shorerider]

I really want a labrete, but don't feel like learning how to talk and eat again. that and biting on things freaks me out. I'm sure work wouldn't mind, lotsa peeps have nose rings and shit.

[KandyKid]

Just take em off when you go for an interview, that is what i do, one time i got turned down because i kept my tongue stud on and i played with it during the interview.. force of habbit, and ii got nailed...

[Sammy Skillz]

learning to talk again with a labret?

ummmmm.....

last time i checked, you didn't have to learn how to talk again.

besides, labrets are hype. but medusa's are better.

and eyebrow rings....they're so 2 years ago.

-s.

[Magi]

Originally posted by KandyKid
Just take em off when you go for an interview, that is what i do, one time i got turned down because i kept my tongue stud on and i played with it during the interview.. force of habbit, and ii got nailed...

[Akeel]

Sammy whats a medusa?

[.muffy.]

it's that cute little piercing that's between your lips and the top of your mouth...normally off to the side a little.