Professionalism In Society

In the modern time of 2015, it is not uncommon to see people with neck, sleeve, or hand tattoos. It has become acceptable as “normal” in our society. However it is uncommon to see people in professional work places with these kinds of visible tattoos. You don’t normally see bankers/ accountant, doctors, or dentist with visible tattoos on their arms, neck, or hands. Why is it uncommon? It is because it is not normal. For a professional job, you should look professional. It is also banned/ restricted to have any visible tattoos from neck, hands, sleeves and face in the military. The common excuse for these kinds of people are “it’s how they express themselves artistically” or “its just them showing that they’re different”. That is good and all, but it does not show any level of professionalism. In today’s modern time it is not common to see or know a person who has a tattoo, whether proudly shown or covered underneath their …show more content…
A job that keeps track of finances, in other words another job that is highly looked upon. What are the chances of someone working their way up, as an accountant will be hired that has a visible tattoo? Very close to known will be hired, it’s a red flag in their line of work. In an article, written by Liz Gold, interviewed Rob Nance, publisher from “AccountingWeb”, stated “’I would never hire an accountant, attorney, doctor, dentist or other professional who had an exposed tattoo”’. Although having a tattoo does not affect your work ethic. Liz interviewed another person from New York City CPA, whose name is made anonymous, said in paraphrase that he seen a senior partner, an older manager with two tattoos on his chest. He told him to forget what he saw (Gold). However he had his tattoos covered, they were not exposed, so there was no way for his employer at the time to decline him of the position that was available. He still had the professional look that everyone wants to