Tattoo – The Last Remaining Workplace Taboo?

When meeting clients most people plan what to wear ahead of time. However, for some people, wardrobe __________ aren’t just based on whether the client will be wearing a suit or open-collar shirt with short sleeves.

Sometimes they pay attention to how they dress because they need to conceal their tattoos to prevent __________ customers. Young employees are increasingly likely to have tattoos, facial piercings, or both, which often draw sceptical or even negative reactions.

When an online jobs site asked employers which personal __________ attributes would make an employee less likely to be promoted, piercings were named most often and visible tattoos ranked third.

Nonetheless, to attract and retain talent, businesses will have to overcome negative and __________ views about body art.

They need to ask themselves whether, in terms of job performance and company reputation, it really __________ if someone has a tattoo.

Even when some companies have already moved beyond taking such decoration into consideration, they still often prefer that employees conceal body art as much as possible. Employers can __________ their dress codes, including bans on visible tattoos and piercings.

On the other hand, it has been suggested that without substantive evidence of its negative impact companies don’t have their bans on body art sufficiently backed __________, but they should.

Arguing that it doesn’t fit the company’s image or that it hurts business by driving customers away is simply not enough. It’s certain old prejudices __________ hard. So, the safest approach for job applicants is still to conceal body art during job interviews or even for a while after being hired.

Of course, for some people it’s better to __________ any tattoos and piercings during the job interview because they value self-expression and individuality so much they refuse to remove body art or conceal it.

Only from the reactions to their tattoos can they see whether they’re __________ there or not.