London: Love getting inked? It may cost you a job! Having a tattoo can reduce your chances of getting a job, but it depends on where the tattoo is, what it depicts and if the job involves dealing with customers, a new research has found.

Dr Andrew R Timming from the School of Management at the University of St Andrews found that employers are prone to viewing tattoos negatively.

Timming spoke to managers involved in hiring staff about their reaction to interview candidates with visible tattoos.

The managers worked for organizations including a hotel, bank, city council, prison, university and bookseller.

"Most respondents agreed that visible tattoos are a stigma," Timming said.

One woman manager told him that "they make a person look dirty". A male manager told him "subconsciously that would stop me from employing them."

Another male manager said "tattoos are the first thing they [fellow recruiters] talk about when the person has gone out of the door."

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