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A woman said her tattoos got her rejected for a job, but experts say personality is far more important
Business Insider ^ | Apr 24, 2024 | Lindsay Dodgson

Posted on 04/28/2024 6:12:52 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

A tattooed content creator sparked a debate about hiring biases after being rejected by T.J. Maxx.

Experts said tattoos could influence hiring decisions, especially in customer-facing roles.

But overall, personality and cultural fit are more important, they said.

A TikToker, Ash Putnam, was frustrated after T.J. Maxx denied her application — and she said she thought her tattoos were to blame.

Some of her designs that are visible when she's dressed are a skull with horns on her neck, solid black patches on her arms, and a pattern on her forehead. Putnam, 23, also has multiple facial piercings, including a large silver ring hanging from her septum.

"I hate that my tattoos are such a defining factor for me getting a job or not," she said in a recent TikTok. "Just because I have tattoos doesn't mean I'm not going to be a good worker."

Putnam, from California, said she went into the store to ask why she hadn't gotten the job and that the hiring manager told her she didn't have enough experience. The hiring manager also denied that her tattoos played any role in the rejection, she said. T.J. Maxx did not respond to a request for comment.

She wasn't convinced and took to TikTok to complain. Many commentators claimed her attitude may have been to blame, rather than her tattoos. Others said they thought her body art likely played a role in the rejection.

While the jury is out over whether tattoos can damage your prospects of being hired, experts told BI that the personality of a candidate was likely more important for recruiters.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: employment; facialtattoos; labor; tats; tattoos; visibletattoos
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
"But overall, personality and cultural fit are more important."

And tats help define those factors.

61 posted on 04/28/2024 7:15:24 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

The best “joint” I ever say at a fair was a little booth with advertising outside proclaiming a “SIX FOOT MANEAING CHICKEN.” people who entered all came out proclaiming how awesome or wonderful or strange it was, and telling all around that they have to see it to believe it. 25 cents. I entered and there beside a measured pole that topped at 6 feet stood a six foot tall man eating fried chicken. It was well worth a quarter to someone like me who does puns and word games all the time. I told everyone I met to go see this wonder.


62 posted on 04/28/2024 7:18:42 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe La)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
She is also an OnlyFans "star." Tattoos and porn on the old resume never hurt anybody. 🤡

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13345727/tattooed-woman-job-market-rejected-tj-maxx-ash-putnam.html

63 posted on 04/28/2024 7:20:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: vikingd00d

woman finds out that moronic choices have consequences- don’t feel one bit sorry for her- now she can spend her life looking for jobs where owners don’t mind if a person looks like an idiot or not=-


64 posted on 04/28/2024 7:25:30 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: lizma2

I know a woman who was terribly mistreated in her younger years whose relief from a very bad youth was being taken in by a tattooist and learning the trade. She is tattooed all over her unclothed parts (at least). She is a respectable wife on her fourth and will-be last husband with three kids in the midwest after escaping from California. She is also the Trumpiest poster on Facebook. I would have hired her when I had a brass shop but only because I know her and know what to expect.


65 posted on 04/28/2024 7:28:39 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe Es)
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To: CurlyDave

Either her septum or the side of her nose. Most middle eastern women with a nose ring, and there are many, have it in the side of the nose .Nose rings in the septum are more of an African thing.


66 posted on 04/28/2024 7:33:15 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe Th)
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To: PAR35

LOL, I have a whole collection of these pictures of “tattoos gone bad”, and that is one of them that makes me laugh! Good creativity, though!


67 posted on 04/28/2024 7:36:33 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Tats speak volumes about her personality


68 posted on 04/28/2024 7:40:13 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: vikingd00d

Wow.


69 posted on 04/28/2024 7:41:18 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: rlmorel

Ok that’s awesome.


70 posted on 04/28/2024 7:43:30 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: vikingd00d

She was a beautiful young lady before she went and screwed it all up forever.


71 posted on 04/28/2024 7:47:34 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (DEI = Didn't Earn It!)
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To: vikingd00d; Uncle Miltie; nuconvert; Bob434; Paladin2; realcleanguy; rfp1234; Ruy Dias de Bivar; ...
This may be a ploy.

”Since I posted the video on Thursday I have made $2,600 on my OnlyFans," Ash told the Daily Star. "People say that my ‘dark, demonic and satanic’ appearance is not appealing, but I guess it is to some."

She added, "I’ve been doing OnlyFans since the day I turned 18 and recently started doing Uber Eats as well. I also make some money on TikTok."

Since the video went viral and the 23-year-old has been receiving extra attention, she's been dunking on her haters on her Instagram Story by posting her increased earnings.

72 posted on 04/28/2024 7:55:33 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

She is ideal for a job on the radio.

I do not like this stuff.

I do however prefer a nation of rugged individualists over conformist sheep.

It took Japan forever to design an attractive car. Conformity inhibits creativity and imagination.

At this point with the top down education system, the mass censoring govt etc and 2-3 times rate of people wearing masks than they expected-

conformity is becoming a problem if it isn’t already a giant problem.


73 posted on 04/28/2024 7:56:17 PM PDT by Freest Republican
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To: lizma2

I had to sit across from a guy at a dinner who had those damn metal posts sticking out from each nostril...I kept having visions of grabbing them with a pair of pliers, or alternatively, snots dripping down them during dinner.

Ugh.


74 posted on 04/28/2024 8:06:19 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Did she have one like this?


      

75 posted on 04/28/2024 8:09:49 PM PDT by Songcraft ( )
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To: Fido969

This woman’s tattoo is an image of satan that covers her neck and half of her face with multiple piercings. She would scare the heck out of the customers


76 posted on 04/28/2024 8:09:57 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: arthurus

I was at a county fair in Vallejo, CA once. I saw a sign saying, see the biggest steer on earth. It was only 25 cents, so I paid, and went in. I was utterly shocked. It was the biggest dang steer I ever saw. I could not believe the size of that steer. I have looked at bunches of internet pictures, and have never seen another like it. I asked where it came from. They said Italy. Absolutely, unbelievably, GIGANTIC. Of course, most people don’t believe me, but I saw it with my own eye balls.


77 posted on 04/28/2024 8:17:50 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: rlmorel

How does one pick boogers with those? And as far as the wymens with the long, fake fingernails, how do they wipe their butts?


78 posted on 04/28/2024 8:21:06 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: vikingd00d

ugly

sick

stupid

evil


79 posted on 04/28/2024 8:22:52 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

She might could get hired mucking out horse stables. I guess the horses wouldn’t be concerned?


80 posted on 04/28/2024 8:26:17 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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