CAN A TATTOO COST YOU A JOB?
In 2011, the career
advice website,
CareerBuilder.com, conducted
a survey. They
hired the company Harris
Interactive to poll
nearly 3,000 hiring
managers across the U.S.
These managers
were asked to list the
factors that kept
them from promoting their
employees. The top
three were piercings,
bad breath and
visible tattoos.
career advice website: sitio web de asesoramiento profesional; conducted:
realizó; survey: encuesta; hired: contrataron a; to poll:
pare encuestar, para sondear; nearly: casi; hiring managers:
gerentes de contratación; were asked: se les solicitó; to list:
listar; factors: factores; that kept them from promoting: que les
impedían ascender (de categoría) a;
employees: empleados; piercings: perforaciones en el cuerpo; bad
breath: mal aliento; visible tattoos: tatuajes visibles;
As HR
expert Natasha Olinger
points out, employers
do not have to
care about an employee’s
right to express
oneself through body
art.
HR expert:
experta en Relaciones Humanas; points out: destaca; employers:
empleadores; to care about: que preocuparles; right to express oneself:
el derecho a expresarnos; through body art: por medio del arte corporal;
“Yeah, so
right now there
is no federal law or
anything against
tattoo discrimination. And it’s
considered an employee’s First
Amendment right to
get one and the employer’s right
to say, ‘Okay, yeah, I don’t
care about your
self-expression.’ ”
right now:
en este momento; there is no: no existe ninguna; against: en
contra de; First Amendment right: derecho de la Primera Enmienda
(Constitución de los Estados Unidos); self-expression: expresión de la
propia personalidad;
In other
words, no U.S. law restricts
someone from getting a
tattoo. But no U.S. law
requires a business to
hire a person with
a tattoo, either.
So yes, having a tattoo
may cost you
a job.
restricts
someone from getting a tattoo: impide que alguien se haga un tatuaje;
requires a business to hire: obliga a una empresa a contratar; either:
tampoco; having a tattoo: tener un tatuaje; may cost you a job:
puede costarte un trabajo;
ARE EMPLOYERS BECOMING MORE TOLERANT?
On the other
hand, deciding not to
hire people with
tattoos may
increasingly cost employers
workers. Surveys
show that more and more
young people have
tattoos – or, “ink.” In
fact, according to the
Pew Research
Center, in the U.S. nearly four
in ten Millennials,
people aged 18 – 29,
have at least one
tattoo.
becoming more
tolerant: volviéndose más tolerantes; on the other hand: por otra
parte; may increasingly cost employers workers: puede dificultar de forma
creciente conseguir empleados; more and more: cada vez más; "ink":
tinta (se refiere a la tinta inyectada en la piel); in fact: de
hecho; according to: de acuerdo con; Pew Research Center: Centro
de Investigaciones Pew (investiga actitudes y tendencias); nearly four in ten
Millennials: casi 4 de 10 integrantes de la Generación Y; aged 18-29:
entre 18 y 29 años; at least: por lo menos;
Ms. Olinger
says employers are
finding that if they
want to attract
young talent they
may have to become
more
tolerant
of tattoos.
are finding that: están reconociendo que; to attract young talent:
atraer talento joven; they may have to become: van a tener que ser;
“I think in
general employers are realizing
that it’s dangerous to value
appearance over
professional skill, especially
with kind of the
younger crowd of employees.
And I think they are
just getting more
and more
tolerant
of tattoos,
which I think, is a
good thing.”
are
finding that: se están dando cuenta de que; to value appearance:
calificar el aspecto físico; over professional skill: antes que la
habilidad profesional; with kind of: con el tipo de; younger crowd:
masa más joven; which I think: lo cual creo;
Hiring
people with tattoos
may soon become
an issue of staying
relevant,
or having a meaningful
connection to the current
way of doing
things, says Ms.
Olinger.
hiring people:
contratar gente; may soon become an issue: es posible que pronto se
convierta en un problema; of staying relevant: de mantenerse importante;
a meaningful connection: una conexión significativa; to the current way
of doing things: con la forma actual de hacer las cosas;
“Yeah, I think organizations
across the
board
are finding that they
need to embrace
all forms of diversity
including tattoos
if they want to
stay relevant.”
organizations across the board: las organizaciones en general; to embrace:
abarcar; all forms of diversity: todos los formatos de la diversidad;
There are
some industries where
tattoos have
become the norm. It is difficult
to find professional
basketball players in the U.S.
without tattoos. But in
many other
industries the appearance of the
employee is important. Tattoos
represent personal
expression and individuality. This
may not go along with the
company’s image that the
employees are to represent.
have become the norm: se han convertido en la norma; this may not go
along with: puede que esto no concuerde con; the company's image: la
imagen de la empresa; are to represent: tienen que representar;
One
organization that is not becoming
more lax with
tattoos is the U.S. military.
Soldiers getting
tattoos is quite common.
But in 2014, the U.S. Army angered
many of its young
soldiers when it banned
tattoos below the
knee and elbow.
more lax:
más flexible; U.S. military: ejército estadounidense; quite common:
muy común; angered: enfureció a; when it banned: cuando prohibió;
below the knee and elbow: debajo de la rodilla y del codo;
The new
policy also affected
some young people
who sought to join
the Army. The U.S. Army
Recruiting Command
told VOA that since April
1, 2014 more than 3,100
people have been
disqualified from entering the
Army because of their
tattoos.
policy: política; who sought to join: que buscaban alistarse en;
Recruiting: de Reclutamiento; disqualified from entering:
descalificados para ingresar a; because of: a causa de;
On the other
hand, in 2014 Starbucks
announced that its employees
could show their
body art – to a
point. Employees are still
not allowed to have
tattoos on the neck and
face, according to the
company’s guidelines.
could show: podían mostrar; to a point: hasta cierto punto; are
still not allowed to have: todavía no se les permite tener; on the neck
and face: en el cuello y rostro; the company's guidelines: las normas
de la compañía.
I’m Anna
Matteo. And I’m Mario
Ritter. |