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You Don’t Say?

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You were 16 and thought that in order to get “respect” you had to do something INSANE like getting a tattoo of your girlfriends lips on your cheek. Or how about that Mickey Mouse holding a shotgun one that wouldn’t make any sense anywhere else but on your neck. Were you really living the “thug life” when you got those words tatted on your fingers? Well NOW you want a job and don’t understand why the bank won’t hire you. You’re not alone.

It turns out that tattoo removal has gone up 32% in the last year, with 40% of the people surveyed saying that they did it so they could find a job. Another 18% of people got theirs removed because it was an ex’s name. We all knew it was going to happen, but you didn’t believe us. Why? Because he was the “love of your life” and you would never break up and after high school you were going to move in together and live happily ever after (Am I hitting to close to home with anyone? My bad). So kids, think about where your putting those tattoos before you get them.

With all that said, isn’t the one in the picture the most AWESOME neck tattoo you have ever seen! That guy is totally forgiven and hired!.

*ATTENTION* Single Men!

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No, I’m not saying I’m single and that you have any kind of shot. I know, you’re disappointed but this delicious scoop of vanilla is on someone else’s ice cream cone. Plus, I like chicks so there’s that. What I WAS saying was that although you are single you can have the “girlfriend” experience with this new website GirlfriendHire.com where women post ads for the girlfriend-like tasks they will do for you. No not THAT you little perv, this isn’t a porn site! They WILL critique your clothing choices, send you flirtatious text messages, post on your wall to make another woman jealous, whatever. Every task will cost $5 just like the website Fiverr. So if you wanna “pretend” you have a lady friend OR just don’t wanna do your laundry (i’m sure that’s in there) then you should check it out!

And Yes, we all think you are a sad and lonely man…like the guy in the photo, but do what you gotta do boo boo.

Facebook KNOWS You!

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Although you may watch what you say or do on Facebook because of your job (Tell me about IT!) it still may give your employers more information about you than you originally thought.

Researchers from Northern Illinois, the University of Evansville, and Auburn found that looking at people’s Facebook pages for just ten minutes could predict how well they’d do on the job.

They had people in Human Resources look at the Facebook pages of job applicants and grade them on traits like intellectual curiosity, conscientiousness, agreeability, and whether they were extraverted.

After six months on the job, supervisors evaluated the candidates on the same traits . . .