Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ATOWN32]

I am trying to get a job in a public school in Korea and on it they ask about tattoo's. I am going to say I don't have any but I do have one on my right wrist that I can cover with a watch. There is a mandatory medical exam and they have you strip naked. Will they write down the fact that I have a tattoo on my right wrist?

[pmwhittier]

[SeoulNate]

medical exam staff don't care about your tattoos

[Overture1928]

[Aine1979]

I've also had to take 3 medical exams, I've had to remove my shoes to be weighed and put on a scrub top for the chest x-ray, that's it. I don't know where you got your information (or maybe you're just trolling?), but there's no stripping naked in the medical.

[ATOWN32]

I read from a post on here that they make you strip down and put on a scrub. My concern is that they will mention my tattoo.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Aine1979]

When you do your medical, you'll be asked to put on a scrub top for the x-ray. In a room, by yourself, no-one will be with you. The medical will check your blood pressure, height, weight, hearing, eyesight, you'll have a chest x-ray to check for TB, a blood test to check for HIV etc, and a urine test to check for drugs. That's it. They won't be looking at your tattoos or making note of them. I have 5 tattoos, at least 2 of which would have been visible during my medicals, and no-one ever mentioned them.

I also have bad scarring on one of my arms from falling through a glass door when I was 10, and so I have to have my blood pressure taken on the other arm - I explained this to them and there was no issue and no note made of it.

[ttompatz]

Nobody cares about a tiny tat that you can cover with your watch.
I have multiple tats on both arms and it was never an issue since they are under the shirt.

If you had a bunch of gang tats on your hands and face it might be an issue but again not likely since you are a foreigner and not a Korean.

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