tatoos and job at office ?

[timmitimmi]

hello all !

At the moment I'm working for Nokia, I'm specialized in coding interfaces/ui for the cell-phones..my contract period ends soon and I have had sent out resumes to the leading cell-phones producers in Japan..so far I have got three very positive answers.
anyways..I have a tattoo (kinda tribal style) which covers most of my back and goes up to half on the neck. ..my question is that does it makes harder to getting a job in Japan..is it big factor on the job interview ?
good or bad...what could be their reactions on such of exposed tattoos ?

[AssKissinger]

does it makes harder to getting a job in Japan

Yes

[Taro Toporific]

...I have a tattoo (kinda tribal style) which covers most of my back and goes up to half on the neck. .. does it makes harder to getting a job in Japan..is it big factor on the job interview ?
good or bad...what could be their reactions on such of exposed tattoos ?

After working and hiring for more than 20 years in the fetid bowels of Japan Inc, I can tell ya the old-line Japanese companies like NEC, Fujitsu, NTT, et al ain't gonna like a mongo tribal neck tat at all. However, if you really can do the job well, they'll look the other way cause you're just an alien which is weirder than any tattoo you could dream up.

Sony has engineers with tats but it's not common as long hair. For the interview, I'd say wear turtleneck and liquid cover for black eyes over the tat. Then surprise them your first day. They won't fire ya if you're worth a shit. If you actually are "kinda tribal" looking racially, they won't hastle you at all so lie and say you're 1/2 Carib.
Alternatively, just make some additions to your tat to make it a kanji.

[GomiGirl]

What about Nokia Japan???

Sheesh - they'll contract anybody.

[Taro Toporific]

What about Nokia Japan???
Sheesh - they'll contract anybody.

Nah, Nokia Japan ain't have as bad as Sony-Erricsson. Erricsson once hired me, and I still cannot get my new keitai turned on

[Caustic Saint]

Nah, Nokia Japan ain't have as bad as Sony-Erricsson. Erricsson once hired me, and I still cannot get my new keitai turned on

Is this the "colors of the carp" one or did you finally get one with a real battery?

[Taro Toporific]

Nah, Nokia Japan ain't have as bad as Sony-Erricsson. Erricsson once hired me, and I still cannot get my new keitai turned on

Is this the "colors of the carp" one or did you finally get one with a real battery? ]
The CARP COLORS fell in the CRAPPER last night. Now I can get a real FOMA keitai.

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[timmitimmi]

What about Nokia Japan???

Sheesh - they'll contract anybody.

heh..I just don't like Nokia..it lacks of everything...treats the workers like shit...especially when the deadline shows up..but it's quite common everwhere I guess anyways..I'm looking for new working environment and changes...that's it.

well...I guess I must pretend that I'm ill...will twirl a warm scarf around the neck or something...heh

as pointed out of Taro... incase they are looking for some hard working coders I guess they take anyone whos available (even the ones who begs like "will code for food" or "will do anything for food" lol

will see...

[GomiGirl]

What about Nokia Japan???

Sheesh - they'll contract anybody.

heh..I just don't like Nokia..it lacks of everything...treats the workers like shit...especially when the deadline shows up..but it's quite common everwhere I guess anyways..I'm looking for new working environment and changes...that's it.

well...I guess I must pretend that I'm ill...will twirl a warm scarf around the neck or something...heh

as pointed out of Taro... incase they are looking for some hard working coders I guess they take anyone whos available (even the ones who begs like "will code for food" or "will do anything for food" lol

will see...

I type this from inside Nokia Japan - am on a super secret stealth project here..

I'm loving it.. regular work hours, flexible young managers and everybody is very enthusiastic and of course all love keitai.. just like me!!

Not sure where you are, but here is great!!

[Taro Toporific]

[... from inside Nokia Japan ... regular work hours, flexible young managers and everybody is very enthusiastic and of course all love keitai.. just like me!!
Not sure where you are, but here is great!!

Ditto on DoCoMo.
Right now I'm doing on the DoCoMo FOMA manual, and EVERYONE is so damn smart. Typically, old-line Japanese electronic firms are filled with fake "system engineers" without any skills. But hot-damn, everybody in DoCoMo is so genki and clever--- it's a shock to my system.

[timmitimmi]

Not sure where you are, but here is great!!

I'm at the headquarters...it's like 10.000 miles from Japan....peepz must be different over here

oh..and nobody don't care about the look of employees here..We have a guy here, about 50% of his body is covered by tattoo..piercings all over the face..but nobody don't care a shit...as long as they do their work well it's all ok.

[Taro Toporific]

...covered by tattoo..piercings all over the face..but nobody [at Nokia] don't care a shit...as long as they do their work well it's all ok.

I think they might "give a shit" if somebody showed up with one of these in a Nokia Japan office...

REUTERS/April 7, 2004 The 'Jewel Eye' piece is latest trend in body fashion and is implanted underneath the cornea of the eye.

[Milla]

ouch, that looks rather uncomfortable.
how long can it stay there and won't it cause any infections?

lastly, what's the point of it!!
freaky...

[AssKissinger]

oh..and nobody don't care about the look of employees here..We have a guy here, about 50% of his body is covered by tattoo..piercings all over the face..but nobody don't care a shit...as long as they do their work well it's all ok

Just goes to show that people with all that shit on their face can bend over just as well as the next guy. Actually, I've found that people with piercing and tats are usually even bigger phoneys than people with conservative fashions.

[leathernick]

ouch, that looks rather uncomfortable.
how long can it stay there and won't it cause any infections?

lastly, what's the point of it!!
freaky...

welcome back milla! So now your're in milan instead of the UK eh?

BTW anything done to the eye like that is just creepy.

[Milla]

welcome back milla! So now your're in milan instead of the UK eh?

Yep, I'm in bella Italia where my fiance was transferred to from Tokyo.
I don't yet have the internet at home and I've been missing alot of the FG posts!
We could stay up to 5 yrs then return to Japan where it'll be my permanent base