{"id":13413,"date":"2015-06-30T09:39:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=13413"},"modified":"2015-07-01T09:53:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T13:53:02","slug":"between-the-lines-ink-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2015\/06\/between-the-lines-ink-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Lines: Ink about It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tattooLet me start by giving credit where credit is due for the subject of this week\u2019s column. A couple of weeks ago Larry Levine of Dealer Marketing Systems Tweeted a link to an Inc. magazine article titled \u201cWill Your Tattoo Still Impact Your Interview<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an interesting question that I\u2019ve been wondering about as I see the body art pile up in my everyday travels albeit less so in document imaging circles. I\u2019m not na\u00efve enough to think they aren\u2019t there somewhere, but most people tend to keep them concealed. After all this is an industry that trends conservative and I can see how visible tattoos might not be acceptable for certain types of positions.<\/p>\n

These days I\u2019m conscious of who\u2019s inked and who isn\u2019t and \u201cit makes me wonder\u201d in a Led Zeppelin \u201cStairway to Heaven\u201d kind of way, what kind of an impact it has on a person\u2019s career advancement or job search? The Inc. article delves into some interesting perspectives about tattoos, what industries are more forgiving of them and which ones are less so along with perceptions, accurate or not, about people adorned with body art.<\/p>\n

Not to sound old and out of touch, but when I was growing up the only people with tattoos were bikers, sailors, ex cons, carnies, and strippers. Today, it\u2019s not as exclusive a club. One of my daughters, a medical researcher, has a tattoo on her back at the base of her neck that\u2019s barely visible. My other daughter, marches to the beat of her own drummer and if everyone is getting tattoos, she most definitely is not. My significant other\u2019s children are inked in more obvious places, arms, legs, wrists. One is in theater, so clearly anything goes in the artistic world, another is a high school teacher, so I would say he\u2019s treading a fine line albeit one already with tenure, and the other is a college student still trying to figure things out.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I\u2019ve gone through a mid-life crisis or two in the past decade where I thought about getting a tattoo, but then remembered my low pain tolerance and vetoed that insanity. When I see people my age at the gym sporting a tattoo I know I made the right decision. Unlike wine and cheese, body art doesn\u2019t always age as well…at least in my opinion and that\u2019s the only one that counts right now since I have the podium.<\/p>\n

The author of the article seems to think that as time goes by employers in most industries will be more accepting of job candidates with tattoos. That\u2019s probably true as a new generation moves into management positions and is responsible for hiring decisions. But that\u2019s assuming people are still getting tattooed in the future. I\u2019m not so sure. I\u2019ve seen a lot of science fiction movies and I don\u2019t remember seeing too many tattoos.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I think this is a fad that will fade away unlike most tattoos. When I think about roads not taken or investments not made over the years my one regret is not opening that tattoo parlor and right next to it a tattoo removal joint for those in desperate need of removing an ex\u2019s name, a slogan or quotes that sounded good at the time, or for those inked by a second-rate tattoo artist.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n

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Let me start by giving credit where credit is due for the subject of this week\u2019s column. A couple of weeks ago Larry Levine of Dealer Marketing Systems Tweeted a link to an Inc. magazine article titled \u201cWill Your Tattoo Still Impact Your Interview?\u201d That\u2019s an interesting question that I\u2019ve been wondering about as I see the body art pile up in my everyday travels albeit less so in document imaging circles. I\u2019m not na\u00efve enough to think they aren\u2019t there somewhere, but most people tend to keep them concealed. After all this is an industry that trends conservative and I can see how visible tattoos might not be acceptable for certain types of positions. These days I\u2019m conscious of who\u2019s inked and who isn\u2019t and \u201cit makes me wonder\u201d in a Led Zeppelin \u201cStairway to Heaven\u201d kind of way, what kind of an impact it has on a person\u2019s career advancement or job search? The Inc. article delves into some interesting perspectives about tattoos, what industries are more forgiving of them and which ones are less so along with perceptions, accurate or not, about people adorned with body art. Not to sound old and out of touch, but when I was growing up the only people with tattoos were bikers, sailors, ex cons, carnies, and strippers. Today, it\u2019s not as exclusive a club. One of my daughters, a medical researcher, has a tattoo on her back at the base of her neck that\u2019s barely visible. My other daughter, marches to the beat of her own drummer and if everyone is getting tattoos, she most definitely is not. My significant other\u2019s children are inked in more obvious places, arms, legs, wrists. One is in theater, so clearly anything goes in the artistic world, another is a high school teacher, so I would say he\u2019s treading a fine line albeit one already with tenure, and the other is a college student still trying to figure things out. Admittedly, I\u2019ve gone through a mid-life crisis or two in the past decade where I thought about getting a tattoo, but then remembered my low pain tolerance and vetoed that insanity. When I see people my age at the gym sporting a tattoo I know I made the right decision. Unlike wine and cheese, body art doesn\u2019t always age as well…at least in my opinion and that\u2019s the only one that counts right now since I have the podium. The author of the article seems to think that as time goes by employers in most industries will be more accepting of job candidates with tattoos. That\u2019s probably true as a new generation moves into management positions and is responsible for hiring decisions. But that\u2019s assuming people are still getting tattooed in the future. I\u2019m not so sure. I\u2019ve seen a lot of science fiction movies and I don\u2019t remember seeing too many tattoos. Anyway, I think this is a fad that will fade away unlike most tattoos. When I think about roads not taken or investments not made over the years my one regret is not opening that tattoo parlor and right next to it a tattoo removal joint for those in desperate need of removing an ex\u2019s name, a slogan or quotes that sounded good at the time, or for those inked by a second-rate tattoo artist. Thanks for reading.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80,1638],"tags":[116,1035,2303,328,2304],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13413"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13443,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13413\/revisions\/13443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}