Bright purple/pink/blue hair, tats on almost every square inch of exposed skin, rats tails up to a foot long and crap hanging everywhere out of their faces, even bull rings between their nostrils, or holes in their ears you could park a truck in.

These are typical of young so called job seekers and quite frankly, other than say an out of sight factory/yeard worker, what are the prospects of these people actually finding a well paid job.

More importantly, at what point do the authorities start to wind back their dole payments, due to self inflicted, anti job prospect actions.

At what point do we start discriminating against this type of behaviour that is obviously contributing to youth unemployment.

How does hair colour affect someones work? Ditto for tattoos and piercings.
Maybe we should start discriminating against old fogies who have been around too long and cant cope with any changes in society.

Now come on rehctub, don't be like that.
You might upset the millennials feelings and that's just not ok in today's PC world.
It doesn't matter if it's true its all about their feelings, didn't you know?

Bigoted stereotyping again Butch. What you are saying is if you don't look like a member of the Young Liberals your not worthy of having a job. Lets add to the list; Blacks, homosexuals, Muslims, Asians, feminists, the disabled etc etc.
So, the tens of thousands of young people who do look like they could be members of the Young Liberals, but don't have a job, they are just unlucky.

There is a bloke working in my local butcher shop who has a beard. Should be sacked! Does not fit the stereotyping. Then again he would not be a problem in Butch's shop, he wouldn't be employed in the first place.
Have I mentioned the bloke with one good arm working a cash register at my local Woolies? Get rid of him ASAP!

yes well, as suspected, ive opened a can of worms.

Firstly, the big difference is, I am an employer and I do listen to the reactions from my customers and many feel the same way I do.

As for the bearded butcher, nothing at all wrong with that, but they should be wearing a beard net to comply with safe food regulations, similar to a hairnet.

As for my personal choice, id think twice about it un less it was neat and tidy and my customers don't object, because after all, they would be the ones paying his wages.

As for blacks, foreigners etc as suggested, no, I don't have any issues with them, provided they're not covered in tatts or have crap hanging out of their faces. I am also very reluctant to hire smokers as well, mainly due to passive smoke smells, as my customers don't deserve to be subjected to that. My business, my choice.

As for the tens of thousands of normal youth out of work, ask them what 9 x 9 is, as this may well provide the answer as many today are as dumb as dog ..it having gone through ten to twelve years of school for little gain.

So we can accept the problem exists, or ignore it, its our choice.

However, as most on this site appear to be retirees, anything that cuts in to your potential benefits should be of concern.

Whether we like it or not employers do look at the
clothes you wear, your hair style, personal hygiene, whether you
have tattoos, pierced body parts or anything else about
you that draws attention.

There are certain standards of dress in our society that are
considered rebellious, counter cultured, distracting,
thuggish, or they bring to mind lower social status.

Therefore how you dress can be harmful especially when
looking for a job.