Whether to tell prospective employees you're a biker?

[Paul the 6th]

If you were putting together a website for your job as a freelancer (event technician) would you bother mentioning in your bio/about me section (below all the work merits & experience) that you're a keen motorcyclist? Or do you reckon this would put potential production companies off if the person responsible for hiring you for work has anti-biker views?

[NTECUK]

Motor cyclist . There them Hells Angle types.
Bite the heads off bats don't they.
Don't want that rif raf working with me

I was thinking about this recently as I'm going to start having to look for another job. Personally I'd say no, don't mention it.

Originally Posted by HoL

I was thinking about this recently as I'm going to start having to look for another job. Personally I'd say no, don't mention it.

Why not?

[flymo]

Do you tell them that you are a keen car driver?

[Paul the 6th]

I'm thinking along the lines of people who:

- have never ridden and have no interest in it
- if they don't know a biker personally then there's some very strong stereotypes coming into play (hells angels gangs, sports bikers treating the roads like a race track, death and carnage, blood all over the road signs etc.)
- if they know a biker then it could well be someone who may have been injured/killed
- or they may be a biker/know a biker who is a very positive influence in their life..

It's just that there's 3 bullet points going against us, and one very slim chance that it might be the last one which could go in our favor.. Think I'll pull it for now

[Bibio]

i have actually put in a job application under interests... sex, drugs, drinking, motorcycles, rock 'n' roll. i put down those interests because i wasn't really interested in getting the job but when i got an interview it intrigued me what kind of nut would employ such a person. when i turned up at the interview the bloke was a biker

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by flymo

Do you tell them that you are a keen car driver?

If I went rallying at weekends, racing stock cars or was an enthusiast heading off for weekends with other like minded enthusiasts, I would probably put it in there with mountain biking and heading off travelling, yeah.

Just interesting how there's a kind of 'shame' to be had about being a biker when it comes to things like work.

Originally Posted by Small Clanger

Why not?

What PT6 said.


I always enjoy it when they have "I enjoy socialising". Getting ****ed then eh?

[NTECUK]

Went for a job and had a very negative reaction from the garage owner as i used my bike to get there .
He fell of his yacht about a year later. Drowned.
Good ridance I thought.