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Dr. Nick Riviera

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its stupid. you cant bag a decent job, ruins the "clean" look! not unless y'all arent aiming high....

Its true, they make you look like a twat when they get bigger than about 10mm. Most work places WILL make you take them out.

I know my place told 2 lads they didnt have the jobs because of it, and they dont even deal withthe general public...

It only works on bald tattoo covered nutters anyway. Most of the people who get them these days are mamby boys trying to look "unique".

Dont like piercings :)

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Its true, they make you look like a twat when they get bigger than about 10mm. Most work places WILL make you take them out.

I know my place told 2 lads they didnt have the jobs because of it, and they dont even deal withthe general public...

It only works on bald tattoo covered nutters anyway. Most of the people who get them these days are mamby boys trying to look "unique".

Dont like piercings :)

Agreed.

well done, you are an idiot.

Who's the idiot now charel?

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charel, despite whatever your view on piercings is, stuff like flesh tunnels, does close avenues to you in work, unless your not aiming high as sir up there said.

yes if your a tattoo artist, or a graphic designer, or a professional athlete, or a number of other jobs i probably dont know exist that earn more money than i could ever hope to earn, then flesh tunnels and the like are fine.

but.... if your not one of those lucky ones, then having flesh tunnels and the like can and most likely will make a difference come interviews

on my first day at bt i was told if i had any piercings theyd have to be removed.and im not customer facing, in the same way broadband engineers etc are. its all about a proffesional company image.

airline staff for example, this would definitely be frowned upon.

military, and most likely the police force, wouldnt be allowed.

then stuff like offices etc, regular typing offices, most have a dress code, my mate pushes paper for sky, he had to remove his eyebrow piercing.

even joe maher for example, has a pretty unorthodox job, he doesnt as such have customers hes got to make a good impression on(in the typical suit and tie sense) but im sure many of the higher class photography jobs, theyd either look down on, or not let you into certain places because of large flesh tunnels.

even if they dont 100% stop you from doing the job, in a formal interview with some suits, a flesh tunnel will not make a positive impression, and 99% of the time it will make a negative impression on the person giving the interview, in their head, this translates to a negative impression to customers.

proffesional image and first impressions count for everything these days.

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proffesional image and first impressions count for everything these days.

I honestly couldn't agree more.

why not? it doesn't affect anyones ability to perform a job.

You answered that yourself... its not about ability to perform a job, it's about personal image and the image the company wants to put forward.

you could hide your piercings very easy by just taking them out, but for someone who has 25mm+ tunnels, you are still left with a wrinkly hole so to speak.

Anyway, enough of picking on charel, he will hopefully understand what is being said.

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Everything depends on what kind of job you are applying for.

I'm sure a photography company, or an engineering one wouldn't give two shits if you have metal in your face. Honestly, that whole argument feels a bit 90's to me...

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I honestly couldn't agree more.

but having them will not prevent you from getting the job.

correction : having them should not prevent you from getting the job.

i agree in theory, the best man for the job, should get it

in reality if the bloke interviewing you dont like the look of you, or picks up on something about you he dislikes strongly. then he wont employ you, simple as, and at a guess, id say more people(talking company running bosses, suit and tie, 5 series bmw driving,local golf club member here) dislike flesh tunnels and the image they give off.

doesnt mean you wont get the job,unless hes got a real strong dislike for them (i know a boss of a company with a million pound plus turnover,he gets the information of the people hes going to interview, and sticks it into friends reunited, myspace, facebook, and sometimes just plain old google, to find out about you, he says 9 times out of 10 with the under 25's hes already decided half the people hes interviewing hes not hiring, just from the look of a social networking page) but it does mean if the person isnt fond of them, as most "adults" arent, if your on par with another bloke, the other bloke with his hoxton fin, designer suit and well shined shoes will get it.

extra: just seen jansons post, yay and nay. i agree to a certain extent,same with graphic designers etc, but there comes a point in those jobs, where image is everything still

photography: take big posh weddings,or royal affairs or posh gala balls(tuxedo jobbies) they aint going to want the photographer looking magnetized.

engineering : comes a certain point in engineering when youll need to go speak to clients to see what they desire, i fit loosely into the mechanical engineering trade(enough for me to state it on my car insurance) im not customer facing really, si-man fits into the engineering category, again hes not customer facing at all i dont think, but neither of our jobs allow flesh tunnels, mine doesnt even allow piercings. a local abbertoir(sp? - place that turns animals into burgers) also has a similar rule on facial piercings. a lot of places do, out of the interest of hygiene/health and safety/possible clients walking round checking out the facilities and workman ship.

graphic design : always thought your drawing did the talking in this one, but if mr straight laced living in the 60's owner of the above engineering company, racist,right wing, homophobic,sexist bloke whos a multi millionaire, wants someone to design a new logo for the specialist plastic welding division of his company hes just setting up, and in walks a bloke with inch wide holes in his ears, other than a couple of jokes about "are they to measure drill bit sizes" etc, chances are hes going to be very unimpressed with the bloke

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