Anonymous wrote:One of my colleagues just opined to me, "The more plentiful the holes, the lower the paycheck."
Though with the exception of those ear gauge things, which would take plastic surgery to repair, piercings are a fairly easy style to decide to change. Unlike highly visible tattoos.
Am struggling now with whether or not to hire a 24 yo who is well spoken, organized and responsive, but who has both multiple face piercings and neck tattoos. It's for a job that requires her to be the "face" of the business and the first person with whom people would interact. Was she not so "adorned", or if it was more of a back office position, I would not have a second thought, but I am hesitating.
Why? Why judge that harsher than someone who is inherently physically attractive or whatever? You have the chance to show that quals are more important than peoples' prejudices. Because that is how it should be.