Tattoos are definitely career limiting. Our HR department had standing instructions to not consider anyone who had visible tattoos for customer-facing positions, which were, of course, the highest paid ones. Same for males with body piercings or earings. Trimmed beards were OK but not full beards or the ones (now somewhat popular) that looked like you forgot to shave for three days.
Then there was the jerk I knew that had "Julie" tattooed in large letters on his forearm. Julie had left. The tatoo merely smudged.
I don't have a tattoo. Nor does my wife, my kids, or their kids. Hastings has the right idea.
This is always the big debate in HR Departments and EEO Officers. Is it the company's right to not hire whom they feel are not professional looking, or the potential employee's right to look they way they want to, without fear of being turned down from a position they're otherwise fit to do. I've heard of case law supporting both sides.
